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Ch 13 vocab
ch 13 vocab
Question | Answer |
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A fur trapper or explorer who discovered trails through the Rocky Mountains | mountain man |
Famous mountain man | Jedediah Smith |
Famous mountain man | Jim Beckwourth |
A person who buys land in the hope that it will increase in value and bring in a profit | land speculator |
Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe,New Mexico | Santa Fe Trail |
Trail from Missouri to the Oregon Territory | Oregon Trail |
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | Mormon |
Mormon leader | Brigham Young |
A person of Spanish heritage who considers Texas his or her home | Tejano |
Started American colony in Texas | Stephen Austin |
President of Mexico | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
First president of the Republic of Texas | Sam Houston |
Army leader at the Battle of the Alamo | Juan Seguin |
Key battle for Texan independence | Battle of the Alamo |
Nickname of the Texas republic | Lone Star Republic |
Belief that the U.S. would expand across the continent | manifest destiny |
11th president of the U.S. | James K. Polk |
U.S. general in the War with Mexico | Zachary Taylor |
Rebellion by Americans against Mexican rule in California | Bear Flag Revolt |
U.S. general in the War with Mexico | Winfield Scott |
Treaty ending the War with Mexico | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
Vast region given up by Mexico to the U.S. after the War with Mexico | Mexican Cession |
A person who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849 | forty-niner |
A california settler of Spanish or Mexican descent | Californio |
A Californio and a member of one of the oldest Spanish families in America | Mariano Vallejo |
A California settle on whose land gold was found on | John Sutter |
A carpenter who found gold at Sutter's Mill | James Marshall |
Occurred when large numbers of people moved to California to find gold,starting in 1849 | California gold rush |