Chapter 9 Vocabulary
Bonner-Ch 9 Vocab
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- Charles Goodyear
- United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860)
- Remember the Alamo!
- The Battle cry of Texas at the Alamo
- "Old Fuss and Feathers"
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- vulcanization
- process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them
- Rio Grande River
- forms a border between Mexico and US; small by the time it reaches El Paso; Colorado and New Mexico claim a lot of its water, largely unnavigable and hot
- capitalism
- an economic system based on open competition in a free market, in which individuals and companies own the means of production and operate for profit
- General Zachary Taylor
- American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States.achieved fame while leading U.S. troops to victory at several critical battles of the Mexican-American War. A Southern slaveholder who opposed the spread of slavery to the territories, he was uninterested in politics but was recruited by the Whig Party as their nominee in the 1848 presidential election
- Mormons
- church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Manifest Destiny
- This expression was popular in the 1840s. Many people believed that the U.S. was destined to secure territory from "sea to sea," from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This rationale drove the acquisition of territory.
- James K. Polk
- president in March 1845. wanted to settle Oregon boundary dispute with britain. wanted to aquire California. wanted to incorperate Texas into union.
- Oregon Trail
- pioneer trail that began in Missouri and crossed the great plains into the oregon country
- Wilmot Proviso
- Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
- market revolution
- buying and selling
- Stephan Austin
- Son of a bankrupt Missouri mine owner, organized settlements of Americans in Texas
- empresarios
- person who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas during the 1800s
- Antonio Lopes de Santa Anna
- Mexican President, suspended th e1824 Mexican constitution and had Austin imprisoned for inciting revolution
- Tex-Mex culture
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- Santa Fe Trail
- an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri and Santa fe, New mexico used from about 1821 to 1880
- Anglos
- English speaking
- Black Hawk War
- Chief Black Hawk of Sauk tribe, led rebellion against US; started in Illinois and spread to Wisconsin Territory; 200 Sauk and Fox ppl murdered; tribes removed to areas west of Mississippi
- Bear Flag Republic
- name given to California when they gained independence
- "Old Rough and Ready"
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- Stephen Kearny
- American general in war with Mexico, he captured Santa Fe without fireing a shot
- entrepreneur
- someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
- specialization
- in farming, the raising of one or two crops for sale rather than a variety of foods for personal use
- Donner Party
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- capital
- assets available for use in the production of further assets
- prairie schooner
- a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top
- Tejanos
- Mexican residents of Texas. Many fought with the Americans in the Revolution, but after Texas was independent, the Americans didn't trust them. The Americans feared they were spies and drove many out of Texas.
- John C. Fremont
- commissioned by the Senate (especially Benton) to document and survey the west. His descriptions were to make the West look as nice as possible. His famous stories (e.g. Pathfinder) glorified the West and all the abundance of land and possible wealth