Vocabulary
Each produced enough for its own needs
Self-sufficient
Desire to acquire Oregon from Britain.
Political
Ruled the New Mexico Territory.
Mexico
A fort outside the capital of Mexico.
Chapultepec
Democrat president who took office in 1845 who wanted to add Texan & Oregon Country to the Union.
James Polk
The Indian and Mexican cowhands who worked on the ranches.
Vaqueros
Land for southern crops, such as cotton.
Economic
3 of the 5 states included in the New Mexico Territory.
Arizona, Utah and Nevada
Agreement in 1848 to make peace with Mexico & US after Mexico lost war.
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Founder (in 1830) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Joseph Smith
Give up land.
Cede
Belief that it was God's will for America to expand.
Social
William Becknell's route from Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe.
Santa Fe Trail
Land of California and New Mexico that Mexico gave up to the United States.
Mexican Cession
After Joseph Smith was killed in 1844, he was chosen as the new Mormon leader.
Brigham Young
A nickname given to the 80,000+ people who traveled to San Francisco in search of gold.
Forty-niners
Desire to spread American democracy and ideals.
Social
1846
Price United States paid Mexico for California and New Mexico.
$15 million
Junipero Serra
White settlers "right" to move westward / continental USA.
Manifest destiny
Monroe Doctrine waring against European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
Political
Nickname of the republic of California.
Bear Flag Republic (BFR)
A strip of land in Arizona and New Mexico that the United States paid $10 million to Mexico which fulfilled the Manifest Destiny.
Gadsden Purchase
He found a trail for part of the route west that was wide enough for wagon trains and draft teams, making it easier for trader and emigrants along this route.
William Becknell