Chapter 10 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Fur traders and trappers that sold the American Fur Company skins
Mountain men
2000 mile long trail which stretched from places such as Independence, Missouri, or Council Bluffs, Iowa, west into Oregon Country
Oregon Trail
An important path west. It led from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Santa Fe Trail
Them members of Joseph Smiths church
Mormons
Following Smiths murder, ____________ became head of the Mormon Church. Chose Utah as their home.
Brigham Young
A Mexican Priest who led about 80,000 poor Indians and mestizos.
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
The new Mexican govt. hired ____________, or agents, to bring settlers to Texas.
Empresarios
A young agent who started a colony on the lower Colorado River.
Stephen F. Austin
He suspended Mexico’s republican constitution and turned his attention to the growing unrest in Texas
Antonio López de Santa Anna
An abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution
Alamo
In the ______________________, the Texans captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign a treaty giving Texas Independence
Battle of San Jacinto
Some people believed it was ______________, or obvious fate, to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean in order to spread democracy.
Manifest destiny
Democratic Party chose former Tennessee governor ________________ to oppose Clay.
James K. Polk
Cowboys that managed large herds of cattle and sheep
Vaqueros
Because of the great distance between California and the center of Mexico’s government, by the early 1820s California had only around 3200 colonists called _______________
Californios
In what became known as the _________________, the Americans declared California to be an independent nation
Bear Flag Revolt
In February 1848, the Us and Mexico signed the ________________, which officially ended the war and forced Mexico to turn over much of its northern territory to the US
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The US govt. payed Mexico $10 million. In exchange, the US received the southern parts of what are now Arizona and New Mexico
Gadsden Purchase
A group of western travelers who went to CA but were stranded in the Sierra Nevadas.
Donner Party
Gold seeking migrants to CA
Forty-niners
To search for gold
Prospect
Used pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel
Placer miners
Created the American Fur Company.
John Jacob Astor
