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Who was John Jacob Astor?
John was a fur merchant who founded a fir trading post called Astoria.
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Who were mountain men?
They were fur traders and trapper.
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Who was Jim Beckwourth?
An African American fur trapper.
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What was the Oregon trail?
A 2000-mile-trail that les from the Missouri to the West.
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What did the Oregon Trail follow?
It followed the PLatte and Sweetwater Rivers over the Plain of the Rocky Mountains.
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What was the Santa Anna Trail?
It was a trail that led from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, it was used by traders.
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Why did the Mormons travel west?
In search of religious freedom.
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Who was Joseph Smith?
The leader of Mormons but later killed.
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What did Joseph Smith found in New York?
What is the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints.
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Who was Bringham Young?
He became the head of the Mormon church and led people to Utah.
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Who was Stephen Austin?
He started a colony on the lower Colorado river.
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Who are the empresarios?
They are agents to bring settlers to Texas.
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What is the Alamo?
An abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution.
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What was the Battle of San Jacinto?
The Texans captured Santa Anna forced him to sign a treaty giving Texas its independance.
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Who was Sam Houston?
He became first president of Texas.
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What was the Manifest Destiny?
An obvious fate to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean in order to spread democracy.
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Who were the "Fifty-four forty or fight"?
They were the American Expansionists who wanted their northern territory to expand.
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What did the Mexican government disband?
They disbanded the mission system and gave land grants to wealthy settlers.
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What was the Bear Flag Revolt?
It was when America declared CA to be an independent nation (they seized the town of Sonoma).
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What was the treaty of Guadalupe Hildago?
It officially ended the war and forced Mexico to turn over much of its Northern territory to the US