| A | B |
|---|
| Expansionist | people who wanted ) to expand the land |
| Joint Occupation | 1818; US & England would occupy the same area - Oregon |
| Zebulon Pike | explored the nothern part of the Mississippi River, (1805_1807) |
| "Oregon Fever" | 1840's settlers began moving west looking for the great land |
| The Whitmans | Missionaries planning to convert Native Americans to Christianity; killed by angry Indians in 1847 |
| 49th Parallel | boundary line between US & Canada; US controlled the land south of the line |
| "Great American Desert" | Great Plains not fit for settlement |
| John Jacob Astor | New Yorker who founded the American Fur Company; Fort Astoria(1st permanent American settlement in Oregon)1811 |
| empressarios | people who organized & took risks for business |
| annex | to add on |
| Stephen Austin | Led a group of 300 families into Texas; Mexican Gov't gave them a large area of land; agreed to become citizens of Mexico & be Catholic; owned slaves |
| Santa Anna | President of Mexico;army general; ruled as a military dictator;wanted Texas |
| Alamo | deserted Spanish mission in San Antonio where Texan's gathered. 1863Mexican Army began siege & overtook Alamo after 12 days of fighting |
| Fort Laramie Treaty | Indians were to receive money from the US gov't in exchange for the settlers' right to pass through their land (1851) |
| Sam Houston | Texans named him to be the leader of their army (March 1836) |
| Battle of San Jacinto | Texan army; led by Houston, attacked Mexicans; Santa Anna captured; Texans given independence(lasted 18 minutes) |
| Lone Star Republic | the new Texan country & Sam Houston became its president |
| Santa Fe Trail | trail between Independence, Missouri & Santa Fe, New Mexico (opened trade between US & Mexico |
| Manifest Destiny | US had the right to expand to the Pacific Ocean |
| James Polk | Democrats nominated him in the Election for 1844; favored expansion;demanded Texas & Orgon be added to the US |
| 49ers | nickname given to those people looking for gold in the West(1849) |
| Zachary Taylor | American general who fought in the Mexican War; crossed the Rio Grande & battle of Buena Vista - made Santa Anna Retreat |
| Stephen Kearny | American general - captured Santa Fe w/o firing a shot |
| John Fremont | explorer that took control of rebel forces & drove Mexican troop out of northern CA |
| Winfield Scott | American general - led troop to Veracruz capture Mexico's capital - ended Mexican War |
| Gadsden Purchase | 1853; US added a strip of land (part AZ& NM) to complete railroad to Pacific Ocean & US agreed to pay Mexico $10 million |
| Bear Flag Republic | California when it became independent from Mexico |
| Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo | 1848; btw Mexico & US; US agrees to pay Mexico $15million for all of California & New Mexico - Mexican Cession |
| Mexican Cession | land aquired by the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |
| Mormons | group belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints; largest group to move into the Mexican Cession |
| Joseph Smith | founded the Mormons in 1830 in NY |
| Brigham Young | 2nd leader of the Mormon; move to Utah; US recognized him as governor of the Utah Territory in 1850 |
