hist 14

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who established a large settlement in Texas

Stephen Austin
in what year was the Texas War for independence fought

1836
General who tried to crush the rebellion in Texas

General Santa Anna
who fought and died in the Alamo

Davy Crockett
which battle did Houston lead and win

Battle of San Jacinto
first president of the "Lone Star Republic"

Sam Houston
an expression of a people's sill by direct vote

plebiscite
who was appointed by the Methodists to establish a mission in the Oregon Territory

Jason Lee
Presbyterian medical missionary that lead the "Great Migration"

Dr. Marcus Whitman
one of the first white women to journey west of the Rockies

Narcissa Whitman
what is the trail that lead to the Pacific Northwest

Oregon Trail
who won the election of 1844
slogan: "Fifty-four forty or fight"

James K. Polk
Texas was Annexed to the U.S.

1845
boundary between U.S. and Canada from lake of the woods and to the Pacific Ocean.

49th parallel
who discovered the South Pass

Jedediah Smith
who was nicknamed "Old Ruff and Ready"

Zachary Taylor
what battle did Zackary Taylor win against overwhelming odds

Battle of Buena Vista
Mexican War

1846-1848
who discovered gold in California

John Sutter
in what year did the California gold rush take place

1849
what were the gold seekers called

"forty-niners"
Methodist preacher that followed and preached at the gold rush

William Taylor
United States minister to Mexico in 1853

James Gadsden
What country was one of the nations that laid claim to the Oregon territory

Spain
what style wagon was a primary form of transportation on the Oregon Trail

Conestoga wagon
what treaty ended the Mexican War

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Author:	Rayna
ID:	336009
Card Set:	hist 14
Updated:	2017-11-23 01:55:09
Tags:	history
Folders:	history
Description:	A Becky Academy 11th grade history
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