Vocabulary
to add on (territory)
What is annex?
10th President
Who is John Tyler?
entered as a free state with Florida's admittance as a slave state
What is Iowa?
first people to move West
Who are traders?
the belief that the U.S. was meant to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny?
to give up something
What is cede?
American Trader who reached Santa Fe
Who is William Becknell?
half of Florida's population in the 1830s
Who are enslaved people?
The Oregon trail stretched from _______________ to Oregon
What is Missouri?
more than 80,000 people traveled to California
What is the California Gold Rush?
one person rule
What is dictatorship?
First President of the Republic of Texas
Who is Sam Houston
became a state after Polk took office
What is Texas?
killed about 1 out of 10 people journeying to Oregon
What is disease and accidents?
Mormon leader killed by an angry mob
Who is Joseph Smith?
person who journeyed to California seeking gold
Who is a forty-niner?
Missionaries in Oregon who tried to convert Native Americans to Christianity
Who are Marcus and Narcissa Whitman?
women were allowed to vote
What is Wyoming Territory?
original purpose of Santa Fe Trail?
What is for traders to get Mexico territory?
belief in having more than 1 wife
What is polygamy?
transportation to Oregon
What is a prairie schooner?
President of Mexico who started a dictatorship
Who is Antonio López de Santa Anna?
No slavery because they believed you had to work for your earnings
What is California?
The Santa Fe trail stretched from _______________ to New Mexico
What is Missouri?
led Mormons from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah
Who is Brigham Young?