Settlers Move West
What did Mountain Men pave through the west?
What state did Spain control in 1820?
Texas
Tension rose between what two countries?
U.S. and Mexico
Christians believed what should be held in common?
property
What word means desire to get rich?
Gold fever
How was life for the Mountain Men?
Tough and lonely
Political control
What year did Texas become a state?
1845
What did Christians support that had more than one wife?
Polygamy
What word means to try to improve the government?
Reform
How did Mountain Men learn to survive?
Native Americans
What revolution begun when Santa Anna marched on a town in Texas?
Texas Revolution
What Treaty did Mexico sign in 1848?
Guadalupe Hidalgo
In 1848 where was gold discovered in California?
Sutters mill
Whats the word of someone who fights crime but outside the law?
Vigilante
What route west stretched more than 2,000mi from blank to blank?
Missouri to Oregon
Who lead the U.S. settlers and petitioned for a separate Texas state?
Stephan Austin
What was the border called between Texas and Mexico.
Rio Grande
What were people known as who rushed west to get gold?
49'ers
Whats the meaning of the word Rendezvous?
Meeting place for trappers
What four nations made claim to what areas?
Russia, Spain, Great Britain and United States
What treaty did Texans force Santa Anna to sign?
Peace Treaty
James Gadsden purchased a strip of land at the bottom of what two states?
Arizona and New Mexico
Where did the Mormons settle? (the 45th state)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Whats the meaning of reservation?
Land set aside for Native Americans?