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- 2. a gold-seeker who moved to California during the gold rush
- 6. young American religious leader
- 10. Fe Trail an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe,
- 12. Agents who were contracted by the Mexican republic
- 14. of Jacinto Final battle of the texas revolution
- 15. of Abominations (1828) the nickname given to a tariff by southerners who opposed it.
- 16. members of the Church of Jesus Christ
- 18. K. Polk 11th President of the United States settled the Oregon boundary with Great Britain
- 20. Cabinet President Andrew Jackson's group of informal advisers;
- 21. Trail the trail that started in Nauvoo, Illinois, and led all the way to present-day Salt Lake City, Utah;
- 22. Spanish colonists in California
- 27. Crisis A dispute led by John C. Calhoun said that states could ignore federal laws
- 28. Rights Doctrine the belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power
- 30. v. Maryland (1819) U.S. Supreme Court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States
- 31. Lopez de Santa Anna Mexican general and politician
- 33. of Indian affairs A government agency created in the 1800s
- 34. of Tears (1838-1839) an 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory;
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- 1. F. Austin American colonizer in Texas was imprisoned for urging Texas statehood after Santa Anna suspended Mexico's constitution.
- 3. Sutter American pioneer who built Sutter's Fort, a trading post on the California frontier;
- 4. of Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty that ended the Mexican War and gave the United States
- 5. Destiny A belief shared by many Americans in the mid- 1800s that the United States should expand
- 7. Mexican cowboys in the West who tended cattle and horses
- 8. to search for gold
- 9. party a group of western travelers
- 11. Democracy an expansion of voting rights
- 13. System a politicians' practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters.
- 17. Trail a 2,000-mile trail stretching through the Great Plains
- 19. flag revolt a revolt against Mexico by American settlers
- 23. Spanish mission in San Antonio
- 24. Territory an area covering most of present-day Oklahoma to which most Native Americans
- 25. v. Ogden a Supreme Court ruling that reinforced the federal government's authority
- 26. v. Georgia (1832) the Supreme Court ruling that stated that the Cherokee nation was a distinct territory over which only the federal government had authority;
- 29. Purchase U.S. purchase of land from Mexico
- 32. Removal Act of 1830 a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans
