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| Manifest Destiny | The U.S. fate was to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean and spread democracy |
| James Polk | President who promised to annex Oregon and Terxas |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | It gave the U.S. much of Mexico's northern territory |
| Jim Beckwourth | An African American fur trapper and explorer |
| Fifty-four forty or fight | American expansionist used this as fight slogan for extend northern territory |
| Sam Houston | The president of Texas |
| John Jacob Astor | Fur merchant who founded trading post called Astoria |
| Alamo | An important battle site in the Texas Revolution |
| Brigham Young | Leader of Mormons who led them to Utah |
| Stephen F. Austin | Empresario who started a colony on the lower Colorado River in 1822 |
| The Oregon Trail | The 2,000-mile route that led from Missouri to the West |
| Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo | An influential Californio who encouraged American rule in California |
| Mountain men | Western fur traders and trappers |
| Mexican-American War | A dispute over the border between Mexico and the U.S. |
| Bear Flag Revolt | In 1846 American settlers in California seized control of Sonoma. |
| Joseph Smith | Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints |
| Winfield Scott | General who captured Mexico City and ended the Mexican-American War |
| Battle of San Jacinto | Texas won its independence after defeating the Mexican army |
