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Early U.S. - Chapter 10
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10th Grade
03/04/2010

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Native Mexicans that lived in Texas
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Tejanos
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Son of Moses Austin who created a colony in Texas
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Stephen F. Austin
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Why move to Texas?
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Cheap land, no taxes
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Northern did not like Texas annexation because...
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It would be a slave state.
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The two immigrant groups that moved to Texas.
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German and French
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Place where 187 Texan rebels defended a fort and died in Mexico
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The Alamo
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Did Texas ever become a separate nation?
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YES
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The quote shouted as the Texans defeated Santa Anna.
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"Remember the Alamo"
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The general that defeated Santa Anna
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Sam Houstan
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Santa Anna attacked how many times before taking the Alamo
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three(3)
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The dictator and general of the Mexican army
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Santa Anna
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The river that the U.S. believed was the boarder between U.S. and Mexico.
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Rio Grande
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The man that was denied talking with the Mexican government.
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John Slidell
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Treaty that ended the Mexican War.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Man that coined the phrase "manifest destiny"
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John O'Sullivan
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President from Tennessee that wanted to expand the U.S.
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James K. Polk
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The man ordered by Polk to move across the Rio Grande to start a dispute with the Mexican Government.
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Zachary Taylor
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General who traveled the Santa Fe and secured New Mexico.
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Stephen Kearny
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The U.S. general that defeated Santa Anna in Mexico city.
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Winfield Scott
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The U.S. captain that led the Bear Flag Revolt
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John C. Fermont
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What was the Santa Fe trail created for?
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Trading with the Southwest
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The system used by mountain men to trade once yearly.
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Rendezvous System
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Who created the Santa Fe trail?
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William Becknell
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The man who created the rendezvous system.
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William Ashley
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How long was the Santa Fe trail?
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780 miles
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What reasons were there to make a trip on the Oregon trail?
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Start a new life, fur trade, land, and Native trade.
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Why did they "circle "the wagons?
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For protection, and herding animals
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What hardships faced travelers on the Oregon trail?
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Disease, Weather, Rivers & Mountains, and Starvation
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What party got lost on their trip, and ended up eating humans?
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Donner Party
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What disease claimed the most lives on the trip west?
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Cholera
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The first Spanish settlers in California were called...
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Californios
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The man that owned the mill where gold was found?
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John Sutter
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Who were hurt most by the gold rush?
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Native Americans
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This city thrived due to the gold rush.
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San Fransisco
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Which trail took the 49ers west?
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California Trail
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The man that helped move the Mormons to Utah.
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Brigham Young
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The Protestant missionary that was killed by Cayuse.
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Narcissa Whitman
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The eating of one's own kind.
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Cannibalism
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The territory given to the U.S. after the Mexican war.
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Mexican Cession
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What were the three problems of the gold rush?
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Gambling, Drinking, fighting, nad crime
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