Unit 6 Vocabulary Definitions

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Across
  1. 1. to add on or take over
  2. 8. a trapper who explored and hunted in the American West in the early 1800s
  3. 9. Sam Houston (1793–1863), a soldier, lawyer, and politician, was instrumental in Texan independence and its subsequent annexation by the United States. He was born and grew up on a farm in Tennessee. In his teens, he ran away and lived with the Cherokee for three years. Ironically, he was involved in coordinating their removal from Tennessee in 1817. He was elected Tennessee’s governor in 1827, but only served a partial term. In 1833, he moved to Texas and became an active leader among its settlers. During the Texan war for independence, he was made commander in chief of the Texan army. After independence, he was elected president of the Republic of Texas and later served as a U.S. senator.
  4. 10. the forced migration by the Cherokee and other Native American groups from their southeastern homelands to territories west of the Mississippi River
  5. 14. the first federally funded national road project, begun in 1811
  6. 15. Hidalgo-an 1848 treaty in which Mexico gave up California and New Mexico Territory to the United States for $15 million
  7. 18. Stephen Fuller Austin was an American empresario. Known as the "Father of Texas", and the founder of Texas.
  8. 20. the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico given to the United States in 1848
  9. 22. James Polk (1795–1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from 1845-1849. He led the expansion of the United States to the Pacific Coast through the acquisition of the Oregon Territory and the Mexican Cession.
  10. 24. the right to vote
  11. 25. Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) was the eighth President of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. He was blamed for the Panic of 1837 and the widespread unemployment and poverty that it brought and was not reelected for a second term.
  12. 26. a U.S. political party active between 1832 and 1858 that backed government support for the economy.
  13. 27. an 1836 battle between Texans and Mexicans during the Texas war for independence from Mexico
  14. 28. Brigham Young (1801–1877) supervised the Mormon migration to Utah beginning in the 1840s. He was the first governor of Utah when it became a U.S. territory.
  15. 29. John Tyler (1790–1862) was the tenth President of the United States, serving from 1841-1845. He accomplished little during his presidency due to quarrels between Whigs and Democrats.
  16. 31. John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) was the sixth President of the United States who earlier served as a U.S. diplomat, senator, and Secretary of State.
  17. 32. a strip of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico for which the United States paid Mexico $10 million in 1853
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  1. 2. the artificial waterway opened in 1825, linking Lake Erie to the Hudson River
  2. 3. an old Spanish mission building in Texas where Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged Texans in 1836
  3. 4. Henry Clay (1777–1852) was a leading member of the House of Representatives for Kentucky under Presidents Madison and Monroe who spoke for the interests of the West, and who later served as a U.S. senator and Secretary of State.
  4. 5. the route to Santa Fe, New Mexico, that was used by traders in the 1800s
  5. 6. John Calhoun (1782–1850) was a statesman from South Carolina who held many offices in the federal government, including Vice President and U.S. senator. He became a strong supporter of states’ rights. In 1850, he foresaw future conflicts over slavery that would eventually lead to the American Civil War.
  6. 7. a U.S. political party dating from the 1820s to the present that at first spoke out for small farmers and workers against moneyed businessmen and whose policies have changed over the years
  7. 11. an act passed by South Carolina that declared that the Tariff of 1832 unconstitutional
  8. 12. the 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent
  9. 13. William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) was the ninth President of the United States. In 1841, he died of pneumonia after only a month in office.
  10. 16. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  11. 17. to give up
  12. 19. the practice of giving supporters government jobs
  13. 21. niners-a term to describe one of more than 80,000 people who joined the California Gold Rush in 1849
  14. 23. a law passed by Congress in 1830 setting up territories west of the Mississippi River where Native Americans living in existing states could be relocated
  15. 30. the route to the Oregon Country used by wagon trains in the 1800s