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| What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? |
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| The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo offically ended the war between Mexico and the United State, and forced Mexico to turn over much of its northern territory. |
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| When was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed? |
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| Known as the Mexican Cession, what northern territoy did Mexico cede to the United States? |
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| Present-day California, Neveda, and Utah. |
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| As part of the Mexican Cession, the United States agreed to pay how much mony to the Mexican government? |
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$15 million.
Additionally, the United States assumed claims of $3 million held by American citizens againts the Mexican government. |
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| What is the meaning of cession? |
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| The formal giving up of rights, property or territory; especially by a state |
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| What does the word "assume" mean in the passage? |
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| To take responsibility of or for.... |
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| Who was John Jacob Astor? |
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An American fur merchant who purchased skins from western fur traders and trappers known as the Mountain Men.
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| Who were the mountain men? |
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Adentuures who explored and mapped the Rocky Mountains and lands west of them.
They trapped animals on their own, away from twons and settlements and adopted Native American customs. |
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| What is the Oregan Trail? |
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| The Oregan Trail is a 2,000 mile long stretch from places as Independence, Missouri, or Council Bluffs, Iowa, west into Oregon Country. |
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| What is the Santa Fe Trail? |
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| The Santa Fe Trail was an important path west. It led from independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
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A relegious group founded in New York by Joseph Smith. Originally called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Because of continued persecution the Morman group relocated to new communities in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. |
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Leader of the Morman Church. He moved the church to Mexico, now the Utah area. Thousands of Morman followers took the "Morman Trail" to the area near the Great Salt Lake, where they prospered.
By 1860 there were 40,000 Mormans in Utah. |
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| Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla? |
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A Mexican priest who led a rebellion of 80,000 poor Indians and mestizo (people of Indian and Spanish ancestry).
He, along with the other rebels hoped Mexico would become independent from the Spanish monarchy, and that their lives would improve. |
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| Who is Stephen F. Austin? |
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| Stephen F. Austin was the founder of a colony on the lower Colorado River. The first 300 families became known as the "Old Three Hundred." |
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| Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna? |
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| A Mexican general who suspended Mexico's republicican constitution and turned his attention to the growing unrest in Texas. |
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| What was the Battle of San Jacinto? |
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| The Battle of San Jacinto is where the Texans captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign a treaty giving Texas its independance. |
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| Manifest desitny, or obvious fate, to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean in order to spread democracy. |
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James K. Polk was the former Democratic Tennessee governer who opposed Senator Henery Clay of Kentucky as presidential candidate.
Both candidates favored acquiring Texas and Oregan, Polk was preceived as the expansionist candidate. |
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| Who were the Californios? |
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| Mexican colonists, about 3,200 of them, who lived throughout California around 1820. Because of the great distance between them and Mexico, they felt disconnected from the Mexican government. |
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| What was the Bear Flag Revolt? |
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| The Bear Flag Revolt is where the Americans declared California to be an independent nation. |
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| What is the Gadsden Purchase? |
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| Under the terms of the Gadsden Purchase, the United States government paid Mexico $10 million. In exchange, the United States received the southern parts of what is now Arizona and New Mexico. |
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| John Sutter, along with James Marshall, discoved gold in January 1848, while building Sutter's Mill. |
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| What was the Donner Party? |
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| The Donner Party was a group of western travelers who went to California but were stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the winter. |
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Who were the Forty-Niners?
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Gold seeking migrants to California.
The name denotes the year (1849) in which 80,000 people came to California is search of gold. |
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| Prospect (search) for gold. |
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| Who were the Placer Miners? |
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| The Placer Miners were miners who used pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel |
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An agent.
Example: The Mexican government hired empresarios (agents) to bring settlers to Texas. |
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| Why did settlers move to Texas? |
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| Because there was not enough land for all families at home and the promise of generous tracts of land to colonists by the Mexican government. |
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| Why did Mario Guadalupe Vallejo encourage American rule of California? |
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| He welcomed American rule of California, believing it would result in self-government for Californios. |
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| Who is the Mexican priest who led a rebellion for independance from Spain? |
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| Father Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla |
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| In the reading, what is the name for a Spanish colonist in California? |
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| What is the name of the group of pioneers who were stranded in the Sierra Neveda Mountains and struggled to survive the winter? |
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| What is the tern used for an agent hired by the Mexican government to attract settlers to Texas? |
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| What is the term used for the belief that the United States was meant to expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean? |
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| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints became known as... |
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| What were the fur traders and trappers who lived west of the Rocky Mountains and in the Pacific Northwest called? |
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| Who is the Mexican leader who fought to keep Texas from gaining independance? |
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| General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
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| The Swiss immigrant who received permission from Mexico to start a colony in California in 1839 |
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| The western trail from Missouri to New Mexico that was an important route for trade between American and Mexican Merchants |
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