| A | B |
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| expansionists | people who believed that their country's prosperity depended on enlarging its territory |
| annex | take control of a territory and add it to a country |
| Manifest Destiny | the dream blessed by God that the United States borders should stretch from coast to coast |
| rendezvous | trappers met at a prearranged spot for a large gathering |
| wagon train | lines of wagons traveling west together |
| The Gadsden Purchase (part of Mexico) was for how much? | $10 million |
| Why did the United States need the land purchased in the Gadsden Purchase? | to build railroads |
| Who were the "forty-niners"? | Miners who arrived in California during the peak of the gold Rush in 1849. |
| when the US and Mexico went to War, the US wanted what river as its border? | Rio Grande |
| What state is known as the Bear Flag Republic? | California |
| What state is know as the Lone Star Repubic | Texas |
| The slogan "Fity-four Forty or Fight" refers to what state? | Oregon |
| the Mormon trail leads to what state? | Utah |
| Indians blamed this Oregon missionary couple for bringing in measles | Whitman |
| What group got trapped in the winter and resorted to cammibalism? | Donner |
| What were the dangers for the white settlers in the wagon trains? | cholera, snow, snakbites, raging rivers,stampedes, and grassland fires |
| The first Americans to reach California traveled how? | By ship |
| After Mexico became independent, people could stay in Mexico if they agreed to what? | Become Roman Catholic, abide by Mexican laws, and become Mexican Citizens |
| What is one reason in 1849 that people wanted to settle in California? | To find gold |
| What was a reason that people wanted to settle in California? | rich soil, warm sun and good times |
| What was the religious reason that people wanted to settle in Oregon? | To convert the Indians to Christianity |
| Good farmland and Fremont created a map showing hazards, river crossings, and pastures making it easier for wagon trains | What is a reason that people wanted to settle in Oregon |
| Why did people settle in Utah? | religious freedom |
| It was isolated, but a well-planned irrigation system allowed the community to thrive | what is a reason people settled in Utah |
| what were some Mormon beliefs? | Man could have more than 1 wife, and all property should be shared |
| The Mormons are also know as | Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints |
| Political party of Pres. John Tyler | Whig |
| political party of James K. Polk, of Tenn | Democarat |
| Did James K. Polk support Manifest Destiny? | yes |
| 49th parallel relates to what State? | Oregon |
