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| Oregon country | the huge area beyon the Rockies that included Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana |
| mountain men | trappers who lived off theland |
| rendezvous | get-together |
| Oregon Trail | trail from Independence,Missouri to Oregon |
| Jedediah Smith | led settlers across the Rockies through the South Pass |
| Manuel Lisa | a Spanish American fur trader led a trip up the Missouri River he founded Fort Manuel |
| Marie Dorion | Iowa Indian who went to Oregon with fur traders and won fame for her survival skills |
| Marcus and Narcissa Whitman | built a mission to convert the lovcal Native Americans to Christianity |
| Stephen Austin | Mexico hoped the Americans would help develop the area and control Indian attacks . Stephen was given land and agreed to become a Mexican citizen |
| Tejanos | Mexicans who lived in Texas |
| Why did Mexico want Americnas to settle in Texas? | Mexico hoped that the Americans would help develop the area and control Indian attacks |
| What conflicts arose between Mexico and the Americans? | Later Americans felt no loyalty to Mexico, spoke little Spanish and were Protestants. Mexico banned slavery and required Texans to worship in the Catholic Church |
| Republic of Texas | Texans declared their independence from Mexico |
| Alamo | old Spanish mission where the Texans stayed |
| Lone Star Republic | After winning independence Texans nicknamed their new nation |
| annex | to add on |
| Why did notherners and southerners disagree about annexing Texas? | The issue was over slavery |
| New Mexico Territory | the Southwest including Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado |
| Santa Fe Trail | William Becknell led a group of Traders to Santa Fe . This way became a popular route |
| Manifest Destiny | the U.S. was clearly meant to expand to the Pacific |
| James.K.Polk | a democrate who favored expansion - Texas and Oregon should be added, the U.S. should extend to the northern border, "Fifty-four forty or fight" |
| How did the U.S. gain Oregon? | By compromise, Oregon was divided at latitude 49N, U.S. got the lands south of this and Britian got the lands north of this |
| Mexican War | war between the U.S. and Mexico |
| Bear Flag Republic | John Fremont declared California an independent republic |
| cede | give up |
| Mexican Cession | lands given up by Mexico included California and New Mexico . The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million dollars |
| Gadsden Purchanse | The U.S. paid Mexico $10 million dollars for for Arizona and New Mexico |
| California Gold Rush | prospectors flocked to California to seek their fortunes |
| Mormons | the largest group to move into the Mexican Cession |
| Salt Lake City | Brigham Young leader of the Mormons, drew up plans for a large city to be built in the desert |
| forty-niners | people who made the journey to California in search of gold |
| vigilantes | self-appointed law enforcers who dealt out punishment even though they had no leagal power to do so. |
| polygomy | more than one spouse |
