Vocab
All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate
What is Environment?
These people went on a journey made from 1804 to 1806 to explore the territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase
Who is Lewis and Clark?
bring together Mexican and non-Mexican Americans to enjoy Mexicano music, dance, and food.
What is Fiestas?
between 15,000 and 25,000 acres of cropland
What is Rio Grande Valley?
This was an expedition led by two men in 1804 to create a map of the west
What is Lewis and Clark expedition?
A reason for doing something
What is Motives?
the people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849
Who is Forty-niners?
What was it when they celebrated Mexicano holiday
What is El Cinco de Mayo?
Bringing water to fields involved an enormous amount of work
What is System of Irrigation?
This had become a very popular industry in 1830’s to many Californios, and even others
What is Cattle Ranching?
A journey that lasted from 1804 to 1806 were they explored land that gained in the Louisiana purchase
What is Lewis and Clark expedition?
They not only helped to shape the future of the West, but also earned new status for themselves and for women throughout the United States.
Who is the Pioneer women?
When the vaqueros drove unbranded calves to a roundup area
What is a Rodeo?
Mexicanos covered their adobe homes with colorful red
What is clay?
These men, apart from Lewis and Clark, had helped map out most of the western territories, and commonly worked and lived in the mountains
What is Mountain Men?
An overland route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River in Oregon
What is Oregon trail?
He followed the fur traders route to the west and in 1807, he led 42 trappers up the Missouri River
Who is Manuel Lisa?
Is a dramatic story sung to the accompaniment of guitars
What is Corrido?
In 1849 the Americans rushed to this state
What is California?
These women had followed many others in trying to discover a new life somewheres else, and had along the way, left behind many legacies
What is Pioneer Women?
To encourage growth or activity
What is Stimulated?
Both of the couples traveled west from St. Louis along the Oregon Trail and tried to get people convert.
Who is Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and Henry and Eliza Spalding?
danced by a young woman balancing a full glass of water on her head
What is Fandango?
Gold they were picking up in streams came from veins of quartz rock in this valley
What is Sierra Nevada?
This was a quickly growing religion in the late 1800’s, that is commonly referred to as the Mormons.
What is Latter-day Saints?