| A | B |
|---|
| Number of defenders who survived Alamo | zero |
| 1848-1852 | Years of the Gold Rush |
| Polygamy | More than one wife |
| annex | to add on |
| Catholic | religion Mexicans wanted Texans to follow |
| Whitmans | Missionaries who tried to convert Natives |
| Handcarts | Mormons pulled these to hold belongings while traveling |
| Utah | famous Mormon state |
| Brigham Young | had 28 wives, influenced Mormons to move West |
| The Lone Star Republic | The name of Texas when they gained freedom and tried to become a U.S. state |
| Santa Anna | Mexican dictator who led battle to Alamo |
| San Juanito | city where Texans seeked revenge and attacked Mexicans |
| Sam Houston | led revenge 6 weeks after the Texan defeat at the Alamo |
| 7500 miles | length of Lewis and Clark's journey |
| 2000 miles | length of the Oregon Trail |
| Vigilantes | self appointed law officers who handled punishments of miners |
| forty-niners | those who fled to California in search of gold |
| Brazil | country of the present day gold rush |
