| A | B |
|---|
| Oregon Trail | most popular route west |
| Remember the Alamo | battle cry to honor those killed at a stand-off at an old Spanish misson |
| danger | things that threaten one's life |
| Donner Party | group that tried to take a short cut through the mountains and resorted to cannibalism to survive |
| Manifest Destiny | belief that the U.S. should expand from coast to coast |
| hardship | things that made people suffer on their journey west |
| Texas | rapid growth in this region allowed for it to apply for statehood in 1850 |
| forty-niners | nickname given to those who flooded to California in search of gold |
| gold | element discovered in 1848 that caused movement west |
| Lone Star Republic | name of the region that gained independence until it became a state |
| Mormons | religious group that was persecuted for their beliefs and moved west |
| annex | to bring into a country for protection |
| California | state that became independent from Mexico in 1836 |
| Mexico | country that the U.S. fought with twice and gained territory from |
| Austin | state capital named after the man who first led colonists to settle |
