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| this man created one of the largest fur businesses in the west, the American Fur Company. | John Jacob Astor
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| this group of men was traders and trappers that settled in the Rocky Mountains. | Mountain Men
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| this was a more than 2000 mile trail that stretched from Independence, Missouri to the Oregon Country. | Oregon Trail
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| this was a trail that led a large group of religious settlers to the Great Salt Lake in Utah. | Mormon Trail
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| Americans traded many goods with Mexicans along this trail that ran from Missouri to New Mexico. | Sante Fe Trail
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| this religious group was founded in New York, but eventually settled in Utah because they were persecuted for their religious beliefs. | Mormons
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| this man was the founder of the Mormons. | Joseph Smith
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| this man was the leader of the mormons that settled the group in Utah. | Brigham Young
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| these men were Mexican agents hired by the Mexican government to bring U.S. settlers to Texas. | Empersarios
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| this man started a colony on the lower Colorado River and eventually became the Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas. | Stephen F. Austin
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| american settlement in Texas was banned by the Mexican government because Americans kept bringing these into Texas. | Slaves
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| this man ruled over Mexico during the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War. | Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna
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| this man was appointed head of the Texas army during the Texas Revolution and went on to be president of the Republic of Texas. | Sam Houston
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| this place was an abandoned mission in Texas and was also an important site during the Texas Revolution; the battle here lasted for almost two weeks despite the Americans being greatly outnumbered. | Alamo
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| this was the last battle of the Texas Revolution | Battle of San Jacinto
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| this was the idea that it was ordained by God for Americans to settle the entire North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean | Manifest Destiny
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| this president did not annex Texas because of pressure from his political party, the Wigs | Andrew Jackson
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| during the election of 1844, both candidates, Clay and Polk, wanted to annex this territory and Texas | Oregon
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| the debate over the oregon country was settled between U.S. and Great Britain when the U.S.-Canadian border was set at this. | 49th parallel
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| much of Mexican-owned California operated under this type of farming system | Mission Sytem
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| after the mission system ended in California, these "cowboys" herded the animals on the ranches. | Vaqueros
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| the more than 3,000 Mexican settlers in California were known as this. | Californios
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| this group opposed the Mexican-American War because they feared slavery would spread throughout the southwest region. | Whigs
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| this event began with American settlers seizing the town of Sonoma, California and ended with California declaring its independence from Mexico. | Bear Flag Revolt
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| this treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War and forced Mexico to give up its northern lands to the U.S. | Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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| during this $10,000,000 purchase, the U.S. gained the southern portions of New Mexico and Arizona and finally established this boundary with Mexico. | Gadsden Purchase
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| these people often came into conflict with American settlers in the Southwest over land use and rights. | Mexican Americans
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| this group was stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during their trip to settle in California. | Donner Party
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| the more than 80,000 gold-seeking migrants to California in 1849 were known as these. | Forty-Niners
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| these people used pans and other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel in California. | Place Miners
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| in 1849, about 20,000 of these arrived in the U.S. from Europe, Mexico, and South America in search for gold and a better life. | Immigrants
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