| A | B |
|---|
| Sam Houston | President of Texas |
| Santa Anna | Leader of Mexico |
| James K. Polk | President elected in 1844 |
| Lewis and Clark | Explored Louisiana Territory |
| Spanish Cession | 1819 |
| Oregon country | 1846 |
| Mexican cession | 1848 |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Ends Mexican-American war |
| Treaty of Paris | Ends Revolutionary War |
| Andrew Jackson | Pursued Seminoles in Florida |
| Moses Austin | Led Americans into Texas |
| Battle of the Alamo | Davey Crockett's death site |
| Battle of San Jacinto | Santa Anna captured |
| cede | to give to |
| annex | to add on |
| compromise | both sides give a little to reach agreement |
| fertile | land good for growing |
| 54 40 or fight | slogan developed by expansionists |
| Gadsden Purchase | 1853 |
| 49th parallel | 1818 Boundaries Convention |
