Manifest Destiny Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Alamo | a Mission |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Mexico gave up Texas and agreed that Rio Grande was the border |
| Rancheros | Ranch Owners |
| Gadsden Purchase | A strip of land along the southern edge of present-day Arizona and New Mexico. |
| Mountain Men | A frontiersman living in the mountain wilderness |
| Stephen F. Austin | Led 300 people to live in Texas |
| Forty-niners | People who arrived to California in 1849 |
| Sam Houston | Commander in Chief of the Texas forces |
| Oregon Trail | Trail that leads to Oregon |
| Emigrants | A person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere. |
| Rancho | Estate homes on mission lands |
| Mexican Cession | Mexican gave California and New Mexico to the United States for a price of $15 mil. |
| Boomtowns | Towns that seem to grow overnight |
| Brigham Young | Took over as head of Mormon when Smith died, wanted Mormons to move west to the Great Salt Lake. |
| Battle of San Jancinto | Surprised attack caused Texans to win, Santa Anna signed a treaty. |
| Mormons | Members of the Church of Jesus Christ or Latter-day Saints |
| Annex | Take control of. |
| Rendezvous | A meeting |
| John C Fremont. | An Army officer |
| Vigilantes | Common people created this group to protect themselves. |
| Tejanos | Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home. |
| Levi Strauss | A merchant who sold denim pants to the miners. |
| Manifest Destiny | The country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific |
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