Sec. 1- Settlers Move West
Name two nations that made claims to this area:
Russia, Spain, Gr.Britian, USA
The Texans held out for how many days?
12 days
What treaty ended the war between the U.S. and Mexico?
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Define Gold fever
Define Reform
An improvement in government
Trappers who lived in the Oregon Country were know as?
Mountain Man
What was the name of the peace treaty that settled the war between the U.S and Mexico?
Guadalupe Hidalgo
The U.S. president during the War with Mexico was?
James Polk
Utah
Define Vigilante
Someone who fights crime but outside the law
Mountain men paved ______ through the ____
pathways,west
During later battles Americans shouted _______ Alamo
Remember the Alamo
Who was the Mexican leader?
Santa Anna
Who were the Mormon Leaders? Name two of them.
Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and John Taylor.
Define Great Plains
Large land area in central U.S
Many mountain men learned how to live from?
Native Americans
What treaty did the Texans force Santa Anna to sign?
Peace Treaty
The type of government Mexico had.
Dictatorship
A ____ _____ was a group of wagons that worked together and headed west
Wagon Train
Define reservation
land set aside for Native Americans
A route west that stretched more than 2,000 miles from _____ to______
How many years was Texas an independent country before it was annexed?
9 years
Mexicans prohibited ______ while colonists in the south practiced it.
Slavery
What is Polygamy?
religion/More than one wife
Define rendezvous
meeting place for trappers