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there's a
fat hobo
on
your
lawn
100
who was John Jacob Astor
What is fur merchant who founded fur traiders
100
Where did Brigham Young lead the Mormons?
What is Utah
100
Hero of he new independence of Texas.
Who was Sam Houston?
100
American expansionists who wanted their territory to expand
What was the "Fifty Four Forty or Fight!" ?
100
why did settlers move to Oregon Country
to settle and trade
200
who was Jim Beckworth
What is an African American fur trapper
200
Who was Stephen Austin?
Started a colony on the lower Colorado River
200
Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
200
What did the Mexican government do?
disbanded the mission system and gave land grants to wealthy settlers
200
fur traders & trappers
What are mountain men
300
A 2,000 mile long route that led from Missouri to the West
What is the Oregon trail
300
Agents to bring settlers to Texas
What are empresarios?
300
Americans believed the west was land to be taken
What was the Mexican American War?
300
Americans declared California to be an independent nation
What was the Bear Flag Revolt
300
in NY he founded Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Who is Joseph Smith
400
Why did Mormons travel west?
In search of religious freedom
400
An abandoned mission near San Francisco that became an important battle sight
What was the Alamo?
400
obvious fate to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean in order to spread democracy
What was the Manifest Destiny?
400
Known by his troops as "Old Fuss and Feathers"
Who was Winfield Scott?
400
followed the Platte & Sweetwater rivers over the Plains to the Rocky Mountains
What is the Oregon Trail
500
Who were the Mormon leaders?
Joseph Smith- leader but killed Brigham Young- became head of the Mormon Chruch
500
Texans captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign a treaty giving Texas its independence
What was the battle of San Jacinto
500
Democratic party's choice to oppose Clay
Who was James Polk?
500
officially ended the war and forced Mexico to turn over much of its Northern territory
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
500
achieved their independence from Spain
What is Mexico