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8 Hist Ch 13 BJU AR

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"54* 40' or Fight"   Polk's campaign slogan referring to the Oregon Territory border  
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"Remember the Alamo"   battle cry that carried Sam Houston and his army to victory  
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Alamo   San Antonio's abandoned mission; later converted into a fort  
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annexation   the formal process of joining the Union  
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Battle of San Jacinto   battle during the Texan War for Independence that lasted for 20 minutes;  
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Bear Flag Revolution   raising of a flag with the grizzly bear over the town Square in Sonoma, California led by Fremont's men  
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Brigham Young   leader of the Mormons after Joseph Smith's death; called for a move to the Great Salt Lake  
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California gold rush   began with gold discovery in 1849 in California which attracted a rush of people from all over the country  
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California Trail   most popular trail to California; branched off the Oregon Trail  
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Compromise of 1850   admitted California as a free state; gave Utah & New Mexico popular sovereignty; added Fugitive Slave Law; outlawed slave trade in DC  
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Doughfaces   group of Northern Democrats that were willing to compromise on the problems of the 1850s  
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forty-niners   people who went to California during the Gold Rush of 1849  
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Franklin Pierce   president of the Doughfaces; Doughface Democrat; won the election of 1852  
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Gadsden Purchase   purchased 5 years after the Mexican War that completed the territory of the lower forty-eight United States  
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James K. Polk   Democrat dark horse; most associated with Manifest Destiny  
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James W. Marshall   discovered gold at Sutter's Fort  
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Jedediah Smith   located the South Pass; famous mountain man known to preach to Indians and travelers  
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Jim Bowie   American leader killed while fighting at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas War for Independence  
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John Charles Fremont   "the Pathfinder"; wanted to become a hero by taking California  
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John Sutter   owned a sawmill where gold was discovered; Swiss immigrant  
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Joseph Smith   developed the system of Mormon beliefs; original leader of the Mormons  
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Lone Star Republic   name given to Texas after it won independence from Mexico but had not yet joined the Union  
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Manifest Destiny   belief that God had intended the US to have all the western lands to the shores of the Pacific  
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Marcus Whitman   doctor who was a missionary in the West  
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methodist preachers   first people to seek permanent homes in Oregon  
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Mexican Cession   gave the US California, Nevada, Utah, parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, & New Mexico in exchange for cancellation of debts  
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Mexican War   the war between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory.  
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Millard Fillmore   vice president of Zachary Taylor; Whig president after Zachary Taylor  
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mission   religious establishments placed around California by Spanish Catholics  
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Mormon   religious group that sought religious freedom; practiced polygamy; led by Joseph Smith  
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mountain men   men that lived in the Rockies, trapped furs, and made trails  
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Oregon Territory   Northwest claimed by Britain and the United States...boundary was agreed to be the 49th parallel  
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Oregon Trail   most important route for settlers & missionaries going west  
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popular sovereignty   people of a territory should determine if they want to be a slave state or a free state.  
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Sam Houston   Commander of the Texas army at the battle of San Jacinto; later elected president of the Republic of Texas  
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Santa Anna   Mexico's president during Mexican-American War; captured at the Battle of San Jacinto  
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Santa Fe Trail   first American route west of the Missouri River; *trail mostly used by traders than settlers*  
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Stephen Austin   American who settled in Texas, one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico  
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Stephen Douglas   pushed the compromise of 1850; spitted Clay's measures into 5 separate bills  
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo   treaty that ended the Mexican War  
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Wilmot Proviso   clause proposed to ban slavery in any territory taken from Mexico  
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Winfield Scott   "Old Fuss and Feathers"; commander of the Veracruz operation who took Mexico City  
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Zachary Taylor   hero of Buena Vista during the Mexican War; known as "Old Rough and Ready"  
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