| A | B |
|---|
| Manifest Destiny | Belief that the U.S.. would expand from coast to coast. |
| The Battle of the Alamo | Group of 200 Texans were defeated by Santa Anna. |
| Colonel William Travis | Wrote a letter of appeal |
| San Jacinto | Ensured Texan independence |
| Oxen | Primary cource of power on the Oregon Trail |
| Mules | Stubborn! |
| Cholera | Number one disease on the Oregon Trail |
| 2000 miles | Length of the Oregon Trail |
| Cotton Industry | Reason why the Spanish promoted the American settlement of Texas. |
| Independence, Missouri | Departure point on the Oregon Trail |
| Bacon | Primary source of dinner meat on the Oregon Trail. |
| Columbia River | Last major natural feature on the Oregon Trail. |
| Bear Flag Revolt | Settlers declared themselves the Republic of California. |
| Rio Grande River | Accepted border of the U.S. and Mexico |
| Compromise of 1850 | California eneters the Union as a free state. |
| Henry Clay | Proposed the Compromise of 1850 |
| Popular Soveriegnty | New Mexico and Utah citizens get to vote on slavery. |
| Oregon Treaty | Signed bewteen the British and U.S. |
| 49th parallel north | U.S. northwestern border. |
| Winnowing | Using the wind to find gold. |
| Sam Houston | First and only President of Texas. |
| President Polk | Acquired the largest amount of territory in the early history of the U.S. |
| Zachary Taylor | Successful general who was compared to Andrew Jackson |
| Levis Strauss | Made the first blue-jeans. |
| Battle of San Jacinto | "Remember the Alamo." |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Runaway slaves are to be returned. |
| The Alamo | Spanish mission where Natives were converted to Catholicism. |
| The U.S. Army | Agitated the |
| Chimney Rock | An enormous natural feature found in Nebraska |
| James Marshall | Found the Gold |
| John Sutter | Owned the land where gold was found. |
| Independence Rock | Most emigrants passed by here on July 4th. |
| Donner Party | Resorted to cannibalism to survive on the California Trail |
| James Bowie | Confined to a cot during the Battle of the Alamo |
| Goliad | 300 Texans are executed after surrendering to Santa Anna. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Purchased the Louisiana Territory |
| The Gadsden Purchas | Bought for $10 million this made a transcontinental railroad possible. |
| Wells & Fargo | Stage coach and banking service. |
| Placer-mining | Using pans to find gold. |
| Lopez de Santa Anna | "Our grandchildren will be eating the bread-crumbs of Americans if we don't succeed here." |
