Vocabulary Review

Full Name

Period

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Latter-day Saints

• members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, founded by Joseph Smith in 1830
• a closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out
• to encourage activity or growth
• the position of a person, either socially or professionally

forty-niners

• a land grant made by the Mexican government, used mostly for raising cattle and crops
• to cause a person or group to suffer
• the people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849
• an overland route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River in Oregon

Lewis and Clark expedition

• a person’s or a group’s impact on future generations
• a journey made from 1804 to 1806 by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase
• a reason for doing something
• members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

Oregon Trail

• the people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849
• an overland route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River in Oregon
• a person who moves from one country to another. Such a movement is called immigration.
• a region of land; also, a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor

rancho

• the belief that it was America’s right and duty to spread across the North American continent
• done for a good reason
• a land grant made by the Mexican government, used mostly for raising cattle and crops3
• the war with Mexico from 1846 to 1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the United States a huge region from Texas to California

annex

• to add a territory to a country.
• someone who rules with absolute power, often harshly
• the art of conducting negotiations with other countries
• heavenly or godlike

Mexican-American War

• a tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country
• the removal of Cherokee from Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839
• done willingly, without being forced
• the war with Mexico from 1846 to 1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the United States a huge region from Texas to California

Texas War for Independence

• to withdraw from an organization or alliance
• the 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation
• the idea that the common people should control the government
• the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs