Vocab 1
The term for the belief that began in the 1800's that the U.S. should span from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts
Manifest Destiny
Began after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill outside Sacramento, California in 1848 and inspired thousands to head west
The Gold Rush
President-General that led 2,000 Mexican soldiers to the capture the Alamo
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Louisiana Purchase
Battle cry at San Jacinto
"Remember the Alamo"
Law passed by Lincoln in 1862 that gave out free land in the midwest to settlers
Homestead Act
Nickname given to African Americans who migrated to the midwest during the Age of Manifest Destiny
Exodusters
This people group was forcibly removed from their native land through the "Trail of Tears"
The Cherokee
Gold was found in this territory
California
This invention/development led to a sharp rise in the number of enslaved people in the US
The cotton gin
Nickname given to gold prospectors who headed to California in 1849 during the Gold Rush
49ers
a 2,170-mile wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon
Oregon Trail
This president's foreign policy led to the U.S. acquisition of Texas, California, and Oregon
James K. Polk
This state was annexed after a Revolution in Mexico
Texas
The disputed southern border of Texas was a cause of this war
Mexican-American War
Fort/mission in Texas that was the site of an attack by the Mexican army on rebelling settlers
The Alamo
This repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
He started the Texas Revolution and served as the first president of the Republic of Texas
This territory was the destination of the longest trail during expansion that started in Independence, Missouri
Oregon
This was the name California after it separated from Mexico
Bear Flag Republic
Term for the splintering of the U.S. into regions that had specific interests that were often at odds
Sectionalism
Treaty where Mexico recognized Texas as a part of the U.S. and ceded a large piece of land between Texas and the Pacific
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Empresario who started a colony in Texas who brought 300 families to Mexican Texas in 1825
Stephen F. Austin
This territory was connected to the East through the Santa Fe Trail that was used primarily for trade.
New Mexico
The law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36ยบ 30' parallel
Missouri Compromise