| A | B |
|---|
| Mormons | Persecuted religious group that moved west to Utah |
| Industrialization | the process of switching from hand tools to machinary |
| Patriotism and Nationalism | devotion to one’s country |
| 49ers | Group of Miners who went to seek their fortunes in 1849 in California during the Gold Rush. |
| GTT | Poor people who left everything to go to Texas to settle |
| Texas Independence War | 1836 War local Texans fought to win their independence from Mexico. |
| US Mexican War | War fought between United States and Mexico because of the annexation of Texas. |
| Texas Annexation | 1845 Texas becomes a state in the United States |
| Mexican Cession | Land lost by Mexico that became part of the United States at the end of the US Mexican War |
| Indian Removal Act | law passed in 1830 that forced many Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River. |
