| A | B |
|---|
| mountian men | tough lone adventurers |
| rendezvouse | to get together |
| Horace Greeley | a new york editor that encouraged Manifest destiny |
| manifest destiny | expanding from the east coast to the west coast |
| James Polk | president in 1844, favored manifeest destiny |
| Whitmen | first missionaries that moved to Oregon |
| Oregon Country | a huge area beyond the Rockies with varied geography |
| Oregon trail | a trail that settlers followed to go west of the rockies |
| Stephen Austin | settled land in Texas |
| Santa Anna | Mexican general that inforced laws in texas |
| tejanos | mexicans that lived in Texas |
| Alamo | spanish mission fort |
| Sam Houston | lead the fight in San Jacinto and became the leader of the new republic |
| Lone Star Republic | the nation of texas |
| annex | to add on |
| new mexico territory | bought from mexico |
| william becknell | first american in santa fe |
| Santa Fe Trail | route from missouri to santa fe |
| Father Serra | built missions in california |
| 49N | division line of the oregon territory for british and us |
| mexican war | Us attacked Mexico at battle of Buena Vista |
| Zachary Taylor | us general that fought santa anna |
| Stephen Kearny | us general that took California |
| John Fremont | rebel that claimed California a free nation |
| Bear Flag Republic | california |
| Treaty of Guadalupe | Mexican treaty giving california and new meico to us |
| mexican cession | lands given by treaty of guadalupe |
| gadsden purchase | land purchased from mexico that is arizona and new mexico |
| California gold rush | 1848 gold found in sacramento |
| mormons | a religious group founded by Joseph Smith |
| Brigham Young | new leader of mormons that lead them to Utah |
| Salt Lake City | a city that the mormons built |
| forty niners | people that rushed to california for gold |
| vigilantes | self appointed law enforcers |
