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HX Chpt 12 Flashcards

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son of Moses Austin that held a large tract of land in Texas

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stephen austin

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Mexican dictator that was intent on subduing any resistance to Mexican rule

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Antonio Lopez de Santa anna

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a soldier and statesman that became the first president of the republic of Texas

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Sam houston

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three men that were heroes of the alamo. one was a colonel would was the commanding officer of the regular army, one was a commanding officer of the volunteers, and one was a TN frontiersman, marksman, and former congressman

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William b Travis, James Bowie, Davy crockett

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the german-american who establish the American Fur Company and the Rocky Mtn fur Company in the early 1800s

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John Jacob astor

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a dedicated trailblazer from Ny who played an important role in exploring the west and opening it to settlers. discovered the south pass

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Jedidiah smith

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wrote a journal called Oregon that provided a detailed account of a journey to the Oregon country and explored the black hills

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John b wyeth

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worked for a fur trading company and lived among the crow nation. discovered beckwourth pass

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James beckwourth

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an American captain who is known as the father of the Santa Fe trail

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William becknell

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a Methodist missionary who was appointed by the methodists to establish a mission in the Oregon country

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Jason lee

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American board of foreign missions sent these two men to work among the Indians in the northwest

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Dr. Marcus Whitman and rev. Henry spalding

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nominated by territorial expansionists to be the oarty’s presidential candidate, won the election of 1844, slogan = fifty fourty or fight

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James k. Polk

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a diplomat sent by Polk to Mexico as a special envoy offer a deal to mexico

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John Slidell

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sent by Polk to defend the Rio grande as the border of Texas

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Zachary Taylor

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the general who was sent by water to attack veracruz and to press onward from their to mexico City

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Winfield scott

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led forces to assist the bear flag revolt in CA

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John c. Fremont

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the colonel who had been ordered by Polk to lead forces from Missouri across the Rockies into new mexico

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stephen w kearny

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the man who led the Mormons away from persecution after their former leader joseph Smith died in 1844

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Brigham young

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alamo

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south pass

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black hills

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beckwourth pass

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Independence, Missouri

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Independence rock

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soda springs

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veracruz

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mexico City

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Mexican cession

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where gold was discovered in a stream in CA

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sutter’s mill

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the thirty first state to be admitted to the union and where the gold rush happened in 1849

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california

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great migration

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the belief so ingrained in American culture. it characterized the acts of Americans every pressing further west, seeking new land, opportunities, and adventure

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manifest destiny

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lone star republic

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prairie schooners

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annexation

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forty-niners

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Oregon trail

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remember the alamo!

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plebiscite

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mountain men

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guano islands act

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battle of san jacinto

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oregon treaty

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Mexican war

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battle of Buena vista

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bear flag revolt

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treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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gadsden purchase

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1845

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1846

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1846-1848

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1849

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in what city did wagon trains going west began their journey?

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53
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what trail would one use to reach San diego from Santa Fe?

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54
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what famouse landmark would a pioneer reach between ft Laramie and ft bridger?

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