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| Name for wagons that held pioneers, supplies, & belongings | praire schooners |
| Why did Americans want control of Oregon Country? | To gain access to the Pacific Ocean |
| What agreement did Adams work with Great Britain regarding Oregon Country | Joint Occupation |
| Name for American adventurers who trapped furs in the Rocky Mountains | Mountain Men |
| When did large scale migration to Oregon Country take place? | 1840's |
| Name for path pioneers followed into Oregon Country | Oregon Trail |
| Nation mission to extend boundaries of US all the way to the Pacific Ocean | Manifest Destiny |
| 1844 campaign slogan Democrats believed should be northern border in Oregon | Fifty-four forty or fight |
| Who led the Mexican forces at the ALamo | Santa Anna |
| Who led the Texans at the Alamo? | William B. Travis |
| Name for execution of surrendered prisoners by Santa Anna | Goliad Massacre |
| Battle Cry at the Battle of San Jacinto | Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad |
| Elected president of Texas in 1836 | Sam Houston |
| When Texas became a state | December 29, 1845 |
| Name given to first American Families given land grants by Austin to settle in Texas | The Old Three Hundred |
| First American trader to reach Santa Fe in 1821 | William Becknell |
| The name of the route William Becknell took | Santa Fe Trail |
| Key part of Spain's plan to colonize California was through this | Mission System |
| Polk sent this man to Mexico to settle disputes, but he failed | John Slidell |
| At Polk's request, this man marched with his soldiers to disputed border land | Zachary Taylor |
| This treaty ended the war with Mexico | Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| Who were the forty-niners? | People arriving in California in 1849 looking for gold |
| What was the name given to communities that sprang up overnight during Gold Rush? | Boomtowns |
| What city grew from a small village to 20,000 during Gold Rush? | San Francisco |
| Why did California's request to become a state cause a crisis? | California banned slavery and souther states objected |
| Who founded the Mormon Church? | Joseph Smith |
| Why was the migration of 12,000 Mormons significant? | It was the largest single migration in American history. |
