| A | B |
|---|
| siege | an attack in which one force surrounds a city or fort |
| dictatorship | one person rule |
| annex | add on |
| cede | give up |
| James K. Polk | President of the U.S. during the Mexican-American War |
| Sam Houston | President of the Republic of Texas |
| Joseph Smith | Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| polygamy | the practice of having more than one wife at a time |
| Brigham Young | Led the Mormons to Utah after the death of Joseph Smith |
| forty-niners | name given to those people who came to California to search for gold |
| vigilantes | self-appointed law enforcers |
| frontier | the land that forms the farthest extent of a nation's settled region |
| expansion | extending the nation beyond its existing borders |
| John Jacob Astor | German immigrant that started the American Fur Company |
| rendezvous | meeting where the trappers would trade furs for supplies |
| Oregon Trail | 2000 mile route from Missouri to Oregon |
