Chapter 11 Key Terms: Manifest Destiny
1. Oregon country: huge area of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky
Mountains north of California
2. joint occupation: when people from two countries occupy and settle a territory
3. mountain men: fur trappers who dressed in animal skins and traveled across the
mountains
4. Oregon Trail: trail across the Great Plains through the Rocky Mountains that
pioneers used to travel to the Oregon Country
5. Manifest Destiny: idea during the 1800s that it was the “destiny” of the United
States to expand its boundaries to the Pacific
6. James K. Polk: 1844, Democratic president who strongly supported Manifest
Destiny and sole ownership of Oregon
7. Davy Crocket: skilled hunter/storyteller who became congressman of Tennessee,
then headed to Texas, where he later became a brave leader at the Alamo
8. Stephen Austin: became a leader of American settlers in Texas, and is known as
the “Father of Texas”
9. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana: Mexican general and dictator, famous
for leading Mexican forces to victory at the battle of the Alamo
10. Tejano: Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home
11. Empresario: American settlers who recruited settlers and obtained grants from
Mexico to settle huge areas of land in Texas
12. decree: an official order
13. annex: to take control of
14. Cession: to give land over to another country
15. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: peace treaty that ended the Mexican-American
War
16. Mexican Cession: as a result of the treaty, the U.S. annexed present-day New
Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California
17. Gadsden Purchase: region of southern Arizona purchased by the U.S. in 1853
for $10 million
18. Lone Star Republic: After the Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto, Santa
Anna is captured and recognizes Texas as independent
Chapter 11 Key Terms: Manifest Destiny
1. Oregon country: huge area of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky
Mountains north of California
2. Oregon Trail: trail across the Great Plains through the Rocky Mountains that
pioneers used to travel to the Oregon Country
3. Manifest Destiny: idea during the 1800s that it was the “destiny” of the United
States to expand its boundaries to the Pacific
4. Tejano: Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home
5. Empresario: American settlers who recruited settlers and obtained grants from
Mexico to settle huge areas of land in Texas
6. decree: an official order
7. annex: to take control of
8. Cession: to give land over to another country
9. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: peace treaty that ended the Mexican-American
War
10. Mexican Cession: as a result of the treaty, the U.S. annexed present-day New
Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California
11. Gadsden Purchase: region of southern Arizona purchased by the U.S. in 1853
for $10 million
12. Lone Star Republic: After the Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto, Santa
Anna is captured and recognizes Texas as independent
Chapter 11 Key Terms: Manifest Destiny
1. Oregon country: huge area
of land between the Pacific
Ocean and the Rocky
Mountains north of
California
2. Oregon Trail: trail across the
Great Plains through the
Rocky Mountains that
pioneers used to travel to the
Oregon Country
3. Manifest Destiny: idea
during the 1800s that it was
the “destiny” of the United
States to expand its
boundaries to the Pacific
4. Tejano: Mexicans who
claimed Texas as their home
5. Empresario: American
settlers who recruited settlers
and obtained grants from
Mexico to settle huge areas
of land in Texas
6. decree: an official order
7. annex: to take control of
8. Cession: to give land over to
another country
9. Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo: peace treaty that
ended the Mexican-American
War
10.
Mexican Cession: as a
result of the treaty, the U.S.
annexed present-day New
Mexico, Colorado, Arizona,
Utah, Nevada, and California
11.
Gadsden Purchase:
region of southern Arizona
purchased by the U.S. in
1853 for $10 million
12.
Lone Star Republic:
After the Texan victory at the
Battle of San Jacinto, Santa
Anna is captured and
recognizes Texas as
independent