| A | B |
|---|
| Samuel Morse | Invented the telegraph |
| Market Revolution | Buy and sell goods, not produce for self |
| Steel plow | Allows farmers to easily turn soil |
| Railroad | All-weather transportation |
| Charles Goodyear | Invented vulcanized rubber |
| Robert Fulton | Pioneered steamboat in America |
| Manifest Destiny | God ordained white man to take over western territories |
| Fort Laramie Treaty | Establishes land that Native Americans have rights to |
| Santa Fe Trail | Main purpose of trail is trade |
| Oregon Trail | Started in Independence and ended in Portland |
| Mormon Trail | Path taken to gain religious freedom |
| "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!" | James K. Polk's campaign slogan |
| Santa Anna | Mexican dictator during Texas Revolution |
| Empresarios | The best was Stephen Austin |
| Land grants | Pieces of land sold cheaply to Americans |
| Texas Revolution | Result of Americans being different from Mexicans |
| Treaty of Velasco | Creates the Lone Star Republic |
| The Alamo | Abandoned Spanish mission |
| Sam Houston | Becomes president of Texas |
| James. K Polk | The eleventh president |
| Zachary Taylor | The twelfth president |
| Stephen Kearny | Captures NM with no fighting |
| Bear Flag Republic | Another name for California |
| Winfield Scott | Leads amphibious attack at Veracruz |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Ends the US-Mexican War |
| Gadsden Purchase | Pierce buys to build railroad on |
| Gold Rush | Flood of migrants move to CA to find gold |
| San Jacinto | Final battle of Texas Revolution |
| Black Hawk | Native American who lead rebellion |
| Panic of 1837 | Reason people eager to move west |
