Ch. 11: Manifest Destiny

A person who leaves their country.

• immigrant

• traitor

• emigrant

• all

A God given belief that Americans were to control the land between the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Ranch owners

• Doritos

• Rancheros

• Flaming hot Cheetos

• Isn't that a dressing?

When was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?

Formed committees to protect themselves.

• ranchero

• emigrant

• Tejano

• vigilante

Pioneers stuffed these with supplies for the move west.

• lunch bag

• thermos

• prairie schooners

• backpack

The Native American tribe that killed the Whitmans.

• Cayuse

• Cherokee

• Creek

• Chickasaw

Elected president of Texas

• Jedediah Smith

• Jim Beckwourth

• Andrew Jackson

• Sam Houston

The president and general of Mexico

• William Barret Travis

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Davy Crockett

• Sequoya

A town that grows quickly

• bangtown

• loudtown

• firetown

• boomtown