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Chapter 13 Flashcards

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ranchos and Native Americans

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Native Americans work in exchange for food & shelter

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mountain men after trapping done

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some farmers; others worked as guides

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Oregon Country claimants

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U.S., Great Britain, Russia, & Spain

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1844 Democratic campaign slogan

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“54 40’ or fight”–referred to problem w/Great Britain over Oregon Country

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Texas annexation president

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James K. Polk in 1845

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ranchos

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huge Mexican properties

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Sam Houston

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commander of Texas forces

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vigilantes

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took law into their own hands; acted as police, judge, & jury

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Oregon Trail

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one of the routes to western lands

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Californios

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Mexicans living in California

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Jim Bridger & Kit Carson

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worked as guides after trapping days over

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joint occupation

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allowed people from U.S. & Great Britain to settle in Oregon

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Texas president

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Sam Houston

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last nation to challenge control of Oregon

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Great Britain

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Texas independence date

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March 2, 1836

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forty-niners (who & why)

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people who came to CA looking for gold; came from all walks of life; called forty-niners because came to CA in 1849

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Mormons in NY

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forced out of NY by disapproving neighbors (polygamy); sought safe place to settle; went to IL then on to UT

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Gold Rush & population

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population increased rapidly (boomtowns); very diverse b/c people came to CA from all over the world

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why Texas annexation=NO

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TX had slavery & would upset balance in Senate between slave & free states

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ESSAY: What was the result of Mexico’s offering land to new settlers in the 1820s?

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  • welcomed Americans b/c increased settlement; offered cheap land
  • Americans soon outnumbered Tejanos (Mexicans living in TX)
  • Americans refused to follow Mexico’s rules (learn Spanish & become Catholic)
  • Americans brought slaves to TX which Mexico disliked
  • Mexico fed up & issued decree in 1830 closing border to further immigration

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