1. Santa Fe Trail Went from Missouri into New Mexico Territory

2. Tejanos Mexicans who viewed Texas as their home

3. Vigilance committees Formed in response to the lawlessness in mining towns

4. The Alamo A mission where a small Texan force fought for twelve days against Santa Anna’s forces

5. Manifest Destiny Idea that it was inevitable that the U.S. would expand to the Pacific Ocean

6. Forty-niners Came to California in search of gold

7. James K. Polk President who was determined to get New Mexico and California from Mexico through war

8. Joseph Smith Founder of the Mormon church

9. Oregon Country An area between the pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains and north of California

10. Missions Spanish settlements built to convert Native Americans to Christianity and put them to work

11. Davy Crockett Killed at the Alamo

12. Gadsden Purchase Land acquisition in 1853

13. Mountain men Trapped for fur in the Oregon Country and adopted Native American ways

14. Mormons Settled in the great Salt Lake area in Utah

15. Sam Houston President of the Lone Star Republic

16. Stephen F. Austin A large American landowner and political leader in Texas

17. Texas Annexed by the U.S. in 1845

18. Bear Flag Republic Formed by Americans in Sonoma, California

19. Oregon Trail Followed by tens of thousands of settlers westward

20. Kit Carson Guided settlers westward