| A | B |
|---|
| mountain man who supposedly fought a grizzly bear | Hugh Glass |
| to take a territory | Annex |
| People who believed that the country's prosperity depended on enlarging its territory | Expansionists |
| Expansionist who surveyed trails and led expeditions west | John Fremont |
| "Obvious fate" of the U.S. to expand westward | Manifest Destiny |
| Many people rushed to Calif. because gold was discovered on this man's land | John Sutter |
| Area taken by Santa Anna's army. The defeat inspired Texans to keep fighting | The Alamo |
| Leader of Texan volunteer army. He became president of TX after the war | Sam Houston |
| The man who brought settlers to Texas in 1821 | Stephen Austin |
| Mexican government and military leader during the Texas/Mexico war | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
| Place where the Texans finally overpowered the Mexican army | San Jacinto River |
| Texas was an independent Republic during this U.S. president's time in office | John Tyler |
| Mexico gave up more than 500,000 miles of land to the U.S. | Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago |
| U.S. President during the Mexican American War | James Polk |
| Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | Mexican General & leader during the Mexican American War |
| River valley area where fighting between U.S. and Mexico began | Rio Grande |
| This general captured areas in northern Mexico for the U.S. at beginning of Mexican American War | Zachary Taylor |
| Strip of land south of Mexican Cession that U.S. purchased after the war | Gadsden Purchase |
| This general was responsible for victories at Veracruz, Cerro Gordo, & Mexico City that won the war for the U.S. | Winfield Scott |
