| A | B |
|---|
| Second largest state in the US | Texas |
| Texas was part of this European settlement | New Spain |
| Texas declared itself independent from this nation | Mexico |
| Alamo | First war between Mexico and Texans was fought here |
| First president of Texas | Sam Houston |
| Annexation | Joining of a country or territory to a nation. |
| "Manifest Destiny" | Belief that the US was supposed to spread across entire North America |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Ended the war with Mexico |
| Natural border between Mexico and US | Rio Grande river |
| Pass | Opening in a mountain range |
| South Pass | Pass in Rocky Montains |
| Crow Indians | Showed South Pass to Americans moving westward |
| Marcus Whitman | Missionary who moved west on the Oregan Trail |
| Mormons | Religious sect that made Utah their home |
| Contour Map | Shows elevation of land in detail |
| Forty-niners | Gold seekers who rushed to California in 1849 |
| Comstock Lode | Discovery of sliver mixed with gold in Nevada |
| Boomtown | A town that grows rapidly |
| Blue Jeans | Levi Strauss created first blue jeans with canvas during the Gold Rush |
