Vocabulary Scramble
NAXEN: to add territory to one's own
ANNEX
This area was the destination for settlers looking for opportunity, land, resources, and a fresh start.
Oregon Country
Rules to live in Texas: learn Spanish, be Catholic and this.
No slavery
People of Latin-American descent living in the region of Texas.
Tejanos
Route for gold.
California Trail
DEEC: to give up territory
CEDE
This separated free and slave states under the Missouri Compromise.
The 36' 30' line
Yelled by soldiers during the war for independence: "____ the ____!"
Remember the Alamo
Trappers and traders turned guides for westward settlers.
Mountain Men
Route for land and resources.
Oregon Trail
MOWNOTOB: rapid-growing community during gold rush
BOOMTOWN
The British and Americans agreed on this boundary to split Oregon Country.
The 49th parallel
Landman that recruited American settlers to Texas.
Stephen Austin
Legendary Tennessee sharpshooter that died defending the Alamo.
David Crockett
Route for trade.
Santa Fe Trail
HILPICS PREP: sailing vessel designed for speed
CLIPPER SHIP
This ceded area includes land for seven future states.
Mexican Cession
Commander of armed forces and later president of Texas.
Sam Houston
Supported Manifest Destiny with his "54' 40' or Fight!" presidential campaign to take Oregon Country.
James K. Polk
Route for religious freedom.
Mormon Trail
SONISIM: religious outpost community (the Alamo)
MISSION
Americans believed this river was the boundary between Mexico and Texas - Mexico disagreed.
Rio Grande
The official title of Texas as an independent country.
Lone Star Republic
Temporarily calmed Congress and slave versus free states' powers struggle with the Missouri Compromise.
Henry Clay
Starting point for most trails west.
Independence, MO