Unit 7 Study Guide

Front

The term 'Squatters' is defined as:

Back

People who illegally occupy an uninhabited building or unused land.

Front

Manifest Destiny is defined as

Back

the belief that American expansion was justified and inevitable.

Front

The term 'Overlander' is defined as:

Back

A person who travels over land, especially on a long journey.

Front

To travel on the Oregon trail it took ____ months traveling at ______ miles a day.

Back

6 months, 20 miles

Front

In 1821 Mexico won its independence from ____________.

Back

Spain

Front

Secularized is defined as:

Back

A process of taking power from the church

Front

The term 'Mestizo' is defined as:

Back

a person of mixed European and Indigenous American descent

Front

The Austin family had made a deal with Mexico to bring ___________ Americans to Texas.

Back

300

Front

Empresarios are best defined as:

Back

People who were granted the right to settle on land.

Front

In Mexico many Americans accepted Mexican citizenship but did not accept Mexican Customs or Roman _____________.

Back

Catholicism