| A | B |
|---|
| Manifest Destiny | Belief held in the 1800’s that Americans had the right and duty to spread across the continent all the way to the Pacific Ocean |
| Acquire | To gain or obtain land |
| Gadsden Purchase | Strip of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico for which the US paid Mexico $10 million in 1853 |
| Pass | Break in the mountain through which pioneers would travel |
| Mormon | Religious group that settled in Utah |
| Prarie schooner | Lightweight, covered wagon |
| 49er | Gold seekers who went to California in the mid-1840’s |
| Annex | To add to or make part of |
| Emigrate | Move within the country |
| Mexican Cession | Mexican territory of California and New Mexico given to the US in 1848 |
| Reform | Changes or improvements |
| Bear Flag Republic | Nickname for California after it declared independence from Mexico in 1846. |
| Mr.Polk's War | Another name for the war between the United States and Mexico |
| Prospector | Miners |
