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| the land that forms the furthest area from a nations settled regions |
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| extending a nation beyond its existing borders |
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| belief that the us had the right and DUTY to exspand all the way to pasific oacean |
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| fur trappers that lived on a moutain |
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| yearly meeting where mountain men traded furs |
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| mass migration from the east coast to the west coast via the Oregon trail in search of fertile land |
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| a 12 day battle at an old Spanish mission during Texas fight for independence from mexico |
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| after winning their independence from mexico Texans called their new nation the lone star republic |
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| war between the us and the Mexicans |
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| name given to California in 1846 |
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| treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo |
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| 1848 ended US & Mex war gave the US Mexican cession |
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| land given to the us in the territory of Guadalupe hidalgo included Texas new mexico Arizona Nevada Colorado and Utah |
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| 1853 us agreed to pay mexico $10 million for a strip of land in present day Arizona and new mexico |
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| the largest group of settlers to move into the Mexican cession Utah moved for religious reasons |
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| practice of having more than one wife |
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| in 1848, gold was found here by James marshal soon more than 80,000 people traveled to California |
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| person who headed to California in search of gold in 1849 |
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