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36 Cards in this Set
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manifest destiny
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words used to express a belief popular among americans that God intended the U.S. to expand westward
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Tejanos
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native Mexicans who lived in Texas
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empresarios
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people who agreed to recruit and take responsibility for new settlers
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Stephen F. Austin
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established a colony on the gulf coast of Texas, sold land for 12 cents and acre
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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established dictatorial control over the Mexican government, angered many the residents of many mexican territories
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Texas Revolution
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Short but hard fought, Alamo and Goliad, Texans won
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Sam Houston
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commander of the Texas Army, became first president of the independent republic of texas
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Battle of San Jacinto
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some 630 Mexicans were killed, Santa Anna was held prisoner here, treaty was signed granting Texas it's independence
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Juan Según
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leading Tejano figure in the Revolution, after war served as mayor of San Antonio, some claimed his loyalties were with mexico
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James K. Polk
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former governor of Tennessee, Democrat, slogan was that he was going to Annex texas, won Presidency
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Zachary Taylor
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Polk sent Taylor to the Rio Grande so that Mexico would recognize the dividing line between Texas and Mexico
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John Slidell
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a louisiana lawyer and politician, sent by Polk to negotiate with the Mexicans
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Stephen Kearny
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General, occupied Santa Fe and seized control of Mexico, advanced to California
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John C. Fremont
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U.S. army officer and explorer, led the Bear Flag Revolt
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Bear Flag Revolt
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Led by Fremont, on June 14 settlers declared that California was an independent republic and raised a flag with the image of a grizzly bear on it
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Winfield Scott
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Led bold siege of Mexico City
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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ended war in February 1848, mexico gave up all claims to Texas and surrendered the Mexican Cession, the U.S. granted full citizenship to Mexicans living un the Cession, also transferred enormous region from Mexico to the U.S.
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Mexican Cession
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this territory includes present day California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming
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Gadsden Purchase
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James Gadsden negotiated deal with Mexico for a strip of land south of Gila for $10 million, acquired parts of present day Arizona and New Mexico
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Juan Cortina
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member of a prominent Tejano family in South Texas, headed rebellion against prejudice attitudes towards tejanos, shot and killed a marshal, fled to Mexico
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William Becknell
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Merchant who loaded a wagon with tools, clothing, and other goods, made huge profits and encouraged many other to travel the Santa Fe Trail.
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Santa Fe Trail
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780-mile-long trail, controlled most of the trade on the Mexican borderlands
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Mountain Men
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Fur trappers
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William Ashley
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developed rendezvous system, a method of doing business
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Rendezvous System
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a method of doing business: trappers remained in the mountains full time and gather once a year to sell their furs and purchase supplies, reduced expenses and increased profits, each year the group decided where they would meet the next year
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Oregon Trail
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this route followed the Platte River across the Great Plains to the rockies, then it descended into Oregon along the Snake and Columbia Rivers
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Narcissa Prentiss Whitman
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one of the early Protestant missionaries in Oregon County, very religious, planned missions to Oregon country with husband Marcus Whitman
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Marcus Whitman
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Married to Narcissa Whitman, helped found mission among Cayuse indians
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Donner Party
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Broke off the Oregon trail to head to California, became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada, some 42 members of the party died. Expedition=epic fail.
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
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each nation at the conference agreed to remain in a defined territory, pledged not to attack settlers moving west and allowed U.S. government to build roads and forts in territory
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Brigham Young
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He led thousands of mormons to migrate to the Mexican Territory of Utah in 1847
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Californios
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the first Spanish settlers in California and their descendants were known as Californios
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Augustus Sutter
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a Swiss adventurer who acquired a huge land grant from Mexico in 1839, his headquarters became a major stopping point along the California trail
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California Trail
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this trail forked off the Oregon Trail near the southernmost point on the Snake River
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James W. Marshall
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one of Sutter's employees, discovered gold at the bottom of a wooden canal used to divert water from the American River, kick off of the Gold Rush
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Forty-Niners
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Immigrants who traveled to California for the "Gold Rush"
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