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Trails West
Texas Revolution
Mexican War
Gold Rush
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Western Fur Traders and Trappers
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Mountain Men
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Government sent troops to support travelers on
this trail west.
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Santa Fe Trail
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Mormons moved from New York to the West in the
early 1830s looking for
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Religious Freedom
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What helped to push the American fur trade west
during the early 1800s?
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Beaver furs are wiped out in the east due to the
high hat fashion
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What was the Oregon Trail and how did it impact
expansion?
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Went from Independence Missouri to Oregon or
California, followed the Platt and Sweetwater
River, Young families traveled by wagon train,
walked most of the way, shortages of supplies,
poor conditions, caused the settlement and
population explosion in the west
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Agents who brought settlers to Texas
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Empresarios
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Almost all of these defenders were killed
protecting this fort. Three were allowed to
escape to let people know what happened.
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Alamo
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Jackson refused to annex Texas because
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It would upset the balance of power between free
and slave states
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Who was the Mexican general who was victorious at
the battle of the Alamo and forced to sign a
treaty handing over his control of Texas
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Santa Anna
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Put the following events into chronological
orderMexico IndependentMexico and Texas Sign
a Peace TreatyBattle of San JacitoTexas War for
Independence StartsBattle of the Alamo
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Mexico IndependentTexas War for Independence
StartsBattle of the AlamoBattle of San
JacitoMexico and Texas Sign Peace Treaty
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What treaty allowed us to purchase the southern
sections of what is today Arizona and New Mexico
for the railroad?
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Gadsden Purchase
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What are the causes of the Mexican American War?
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U.S. involvement with CaliforniaU.S. involvment
with TexasIssues over the southern border of
Texas if it was the Nueces or the Rio Grande River
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Summarize the Mexican American War in a single
statment
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The U.S. won many of the battles eventually
capturing the capital city of Mexico City ending
the war.
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The Mexican American War started when
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Z. Taylor moved into disputed territory along the
Texas border and refused to leave when asked.
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What was the significance of the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo?
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Officially ended the Mexican American War, Mexico
turned over much of its territory to the United
States called the Mexican Cession, this increased
the size of the U.S. roughly 25
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Who are the forty-niners?
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Gold seekers from America and abroad who went to
California looking for gold
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What was the impact of the Gold Rush on San
Franciso?
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Increased the population dramatically
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Searching for gold by washing of gravel is known
as what type of mining?
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Placer mining
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What was a result of the rapid population growth
in California due to the Gold Rush?
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Quickly allowed California to be a state
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What was the impact of the gold rush on the west?
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Increased population of CaliforniaForced to deal
with the issue of slaveryAllowed California to
become a stateManifest Destiny is realized
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Why did Americans want to settle in Mexican
Territory?
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Cheap Landgrew cottonexpanded slavery
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Slang Term for going west and mining for gold
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Seeing the Elephant
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This is a group of western travelers heading for
California that got stranded in the Sierra Nevada
Mountains during the winter forcing them to
cannibalism.
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Donner Party
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What role did the Transcontinental Railroad play
in Californias development?
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Allowed Californias economy to grow because it
connected it to the rest of the nation
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James Which president was responsible for adding
much of the land west of the Mississippi River to
the United States?K. Polk
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James K. Polk
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What was Manifest Destiny and how did the slavery
issue get tied up with it in the 1840s and 1850s?
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Manifest destiny was the idea that the U.S. was
destined to expand its control over the entire
content spreading democracy. As they spread
issues came up with regard to allowing slavery in
areas where profitable.