| A | B |
|---|
| mountain men | trappers who settled in the Oregon territory |
| Texas territory | Texas was first owned by Spain, then by Mexico, then declared its independence from Mexico and finally was annexed to the U.S. |
| fifty four forty or fight | was a slogan referring to taking all of Oregon |
| Manifest Destiny | the feeling of pride that the U.S. would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
| Independence, Missouri | the place where most settlers started their journey to Oregon from |
| annex | means to add or join |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | gave to the U.S.these properties:California, New Mexico and recognized the Rio Grande River as the boundary of Texas |
| gold rush | 1848 in California when thousands of settlers went west |
| Mexican general and leader during the Alamo | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
| Sam Houston | known as"George Washington of Texas"; was president of Texas |
| Zach Taylor | general in Mexican War |
| Marcus Whitman | built the first mission inOregon |
| Mexican Cession | all of California and new Mexico |
| Oregon territory | acquired by the U.S. in 1846 in an agreement with great Britain |
| Texas annexation | annexed or added to U.S. in 1845 |
