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- 2. v Ogden Supreme Court ruling that reinforced the federal government's authority over the states
- 4. Territory An area covering most of present-day Oklahoma to which most Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to move in the 1800s
- 6. Purchase U.S. purchase of land from Mexico that included the southern parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico
- 7. Agents who were contracted by the Mexican republic to bring settlers to Texas in the early 1800s
- 10. American religious leader who headed the Mormon Church after the murder of Joseph Smith, he moved the community to Utah, leading thousands along what came to be known as the Mormon Trail to the settlement at Salt Lake City
- 11. Lopez de Santa Anna Mexican general and politician, he was president of Mexico and became a dictator. He fought in the Texas Revolution and seized the Alamo but was defeated and captured by Sam Houston at San Jacinto
- 12. Revolt A revolt against Mexico by American settlers in California who declared the territory an independent republic
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- 1. Gold-seeker who moved to California during the gold rush
- 3. of Indian Affairs Government agency created in the 1800s to oversee federal policy toward Native Americans
- 5. Spanish mission in San Antonis, Texas, that was the site of a famous battle of the Texas Revolution in 1813
- 8. Removal Act of 1830 Congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
- 9. Party Group of western travellers who were stranded in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-47; only 45 of the party's 87 members survived
- 10. of San Jacinto Final battle of the Texas Revolution; resulted in the defeat of the Mexican army and independence for Texas