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Chapter 9 Vocab
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Serra: name of priest who set up missions to convert indians to christianity
Expantionsit: person who favors expanding territory or influence of a country
Manifestdestiny: belief that westward expansion is a god given right
Santafe: trail that connected missouri to new mexico
Mountainmen: trappers who explored the rocky mountains
Oregon: trail that led from missouri to oregon
Young: last name of mormon leader
Fortlaramie: treaty that restricted indians to specific areas
Austin: last name of texas settler
Santaanna: last name of general of mexico city
Autonomy: independent control over one's own affairs
Lonestarrepublic: nation formed when texas declared independence from mexico
Alamo: fort in San Antonio where texans were slaughtered by the Mexicans
Houston: leader of texan army
Polk: presidential candidate that supported the annexation of Texas
Taylor: General who occupied border between Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers
Scott: captured Mexico City after fighting at Chapultepec
GuadalupeHidalgo: treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
GadsdenPurchase: purchase of land from mexico (in Arizona and New Mexico)
Wilmotproviso: bill that would have banned slavery in territory acquired after the war
Placer: type of mining that used metal pans, picks and shovels in the rivers
Hydraulic: type of mining that used water to erode the hills
Chapter 9 Vocab
Across:| 4. | treaty that ended the Mexican-American war | | 10. | person who favors expanding territory or influence of a country | | 12. | last name of texas settler | | 13. | captured Mexico City after fighting at Chapultepec | | 14. | type of mining that used metal pans, picks and shovels in the rivers |
| | 17. | treaty that restricted indians to specific areas | | 19. | General who occupied border between Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers | | 20. | last name of general of mexico city | | 21. | trappers who explored the rocky mountains |
| | Down:| 1. | last name of mormon leader | | 2. | presidential candidate that supported the annexation of Texas | | 3. | trail that connected missouri to new mexico | | 5. | type of mining that used water to erode the hills | | 6. | trail that led from missouri to oregon | | 7. | belief that westward expansion is a god given right |
| | 8. | purchase of land from mexico (in Arizona and New Mexico) | | 9. | bill that would have banned slavery in territory acquired after the war | | 11. | leader of texan army | | 15. | fort in San Antonio where texans were slaughtered by the Mexicans | | 16. | name of priest who set up missions to convert indians to christianity | | 18. | independent control over one's own affairs |
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Chapter 9 Vocab
Across:| 4. | treaty that ended the Mexican-American war | | 10. | person who favors expanding territory or influence of a country | | 12. | last name of texas settler | | 13. | captured Mexico City after fighting at Chapultepec | | 14. | type of mining that used metal pans, picks and shovels in the rivers |
| | 17. | treaty that restricted indians to specific areas | | 19. | General who occupied border between Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers | | 20. | last name of general of mexico city | | 21. | trappers who explored the rocky mountains |
| | Down:| 1. | last name of mormon leader | | 2. | presidential candidate that supported the annexation of Texas | | 3. | trail that connected missouri to new mexico | | 5. | type of mining that used water to erode the hills | | 6. | trail that led from missouri to oregon | | 7. | belief that westward expansion is a god given right |
| | 8. | purchase of land from mexico (in Arizona and New Mexico) | | 9. | bill that would have banned slavery in territory acquired after the war | | 11. | leader of texan army | | 15. | fort in San Antonio where texans were slaughtered by the Mexicans | | 16. | name of priest who set up missions to convert indians to christianity | | 18. | independent control over one's own affairs |
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