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| Fur trappers and explorers who discovered the best routes through the Rocky Mountains. |
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| A former slave who became a mountain man that later lived with the Crow tribe. Later in life he worked as army scout and gold prospector. |
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| A system that allowed Mountain Men and merchants to meet at a prearranged site to allow them to trade furs for needed supplies. |
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| Individuals who bought large areas of land with the goal of dividing it into smaller parcels and selling it at a profit to settlers. |
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| The trade route discovered by William Becknell. |
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| A trail used by hundreds of settlers who were moving to the west coast of North America. This route was first used by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. |
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| Marcus and Narcissa Whitman |
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| Missionaries that were the first whites to go across the continent. |
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| A religious group that settled in Utah with the goal of being able to practice their religion. |
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| A trade route that went from Independence Missouri to the capital of New Mexico. |
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| A relgious leader who was killed in Illinois by a mobs who opposed his religion. |
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| Religious leader who moved his followers out of the United States to be able to follow their relgion in peace. |
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Also Known As -
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
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| Spanish land that bordered the United States in the territory known as Louisiana. |
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| People of Spanish heritage who considered Texas to be their home. |
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| In order to get more settlers into Texas, the Spanish offered large tracks of land to ____________________. These people were given large plots of land if they agreed to bring settlers with them to the area. |
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| A military leader put in charge of the Texas Army to fight Santa Anna's troops. |
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| The leader of one of two companies of the Texas army. This man and his troops protected the mission called the Alamo. |
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| A Tejano hero of the Texas Revolution. He led a band of twenty-five Tejanos who favored a revolt and fought on the Texan side at the Battle of the Alamo. |
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| A 19th Century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the rebel Texan forces during the Texas Revolution. The stand off lasted 13 days. |
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| The nick-name given to Texas when they gained their independence. |
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| The man who was nominated to run against Henry Clay for President in 1844. |
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| This man was known as the first "Dark - Horse" candidate for President of the United States. This term means that the candidate should not win the election. |
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| A phrase that expressed the belief that the United States had a divinely inspired mission to expand. The goal - spreading its form of democracy and freedom with expansion of the United States across North America towards the Pacific Ocean. |
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| An American general who was sent by President Polk to the northern banks of the Rio Grande River. |
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| After this battle, led by John C. Fremont, California was declared independent of Mexico. |
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| American general who led American troops to capture Mexico City. |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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| Document that ended the war between the United States and Mexico. |
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| Under the conditions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico had to give up the area of the present day states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of New Mexico and Colorado. |
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| Spanish term that means "settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent". Most of these people lived on huge cattle ranches. |
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| This man was the commander of Northern California when it belonged to Mexico. |
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| A member of one of the oldest Spanish families in America. |
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| A person who convinced the Mexican governor to grant him 50,000 acres of land in the Sacremento Valley. |
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| The land where gold was first found in California was owned by _________________. |
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| The man who first discovered gold at Sutter's Mill. |
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| The movement of thousands of miners to California with the goal of finding great wealth. |
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| Someone who went to California to find gold. |
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