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Who created one of the largest fur Businesses, Which was American Fur Company
What is John Jacob Astor
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Was the president of Mexico and became a dictator. Fought in the Texas Revolution and seized the Alamo.
What is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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A way to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean In order to spread democracy.
What is Manifest Destiny
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The New Mexican government hired ________ to bring settlers to Texas
What is Empresaios
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An important path west that led from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico
What is the Santa Fe Trail
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The American Fur Company bought skins from western fur traders and tappers. These people became known as what?
What is Mountain Men
200
11th President of the U.S.
What is James K. Polk
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Lead a Rebellion of about 80,000 poor Indians and Mestizos.
What is Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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An Abandoned Mission Near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution.
What is Alamo
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A 2,000 mile long trail which stretched from places such as Independence, Missouri, or Council Bluffs, Iowa, West into Oregon County
What is the Oregon Trail
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Cowboys that managed the large herds of cattle and sheep
What is Vaqueros
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The U.S. gov. paid Mexico $10 million. In exchange, the U.S. received the Southern parts of what are now Arizona and New Mexico
What is Gadsden Purchase
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The using of pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel.
What is Placer Miners
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A group of western travelers who went to California but were stranded in the Serria Nevada Mountains during the winter.
What is Donner Party
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Gold-seeking migrants to California
What is Forty-Niners
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Early California settlers
What is Californios
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In 1848 the U.S. and Mexico signed ______ that officially ended the war and forced Mexico to turn over much of its northern territory to the U.S.
What is Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Started a Texas colony on the lower Colorado River
What is Stephen F. Austin
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Serarching for gold
What is Prospect
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Headed the Morman church after Joseph Smith died.
What is Brigham Young
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The Members of Joseph Smith's Church
What is Mormans
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The American declared California to be an independent nation.
What is Bear Flag Revolt
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A yearly event where everyone traded their merchandise and socialized.
What is Rendezvous
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The Texans captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign a treaty giving Texas its independence
What is the Battle of San Jacinto
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Built Sutter's Fort, which was a trading post on the California frontier
What is John Sutter
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