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A 2000 mile trail stretching through the great plains from western Missouri to the Oregon territory
The purchase of French land between the Missouri River and the Rocky mountains that doubled the size of the United States
An important trade trail west for independence, Missouri, to Santa fe, New Mexico
A massive movement if settlers to California to a make a fortune with newly discovered gold
Members if the church of Jesus christ of latter day saints
Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas
A belief shared by many Americans in the mid 1800s that the United States should expand across the continent to he pacific ocean
Men hired by Eastern companies to trap animals for fur in the Rocky mountains and other wester regions of the United States
The final battle of the Texas revolution; resulted in the defeat of the Mexican army and independence for Texas
U. S. purchase of land from Mexico that included the southern parts of present day Arizona and New Mexico
A revolt against mexico by american settlers in California who declared the territory an independent republic
a rebellion of colonists from the united states and tejanos in putting armed resistance to the centralist government of mexico
was an armed conflict between the united states of america and mexico form 1846 to 1848
two explorers who went on an expedition in 1804 to explore the Louisiana purchase
a gold seeker who moved to California during the gold rush
the founder of texas
a group of western travelers who were stranded in the sierra nevada during the winter of 1846-47; only 45 of the partys 87 members survived
11th president of the united states and supported of the jacksonian democracy
a mexican priest who led a rebellion of 80,000 poor indians and mestizos, or people of indian and spanish ancestry
spanish colonists in california in the 1800s

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Unit 8 Vocabulary

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Unit 8 vocab

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Unit 8 Vocab

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unit 8 vocab

Crossword

Unit 8 Vocab

Crossword

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