Ch. 13 Key Terms Review
The belief that it was the United States’ duty and right to spread their ideas of democracy all the way to the Pacific Ocean
MANIFEST DESTINY
People who follow their own independent course in life
RUGGED INDIVIDUALIST
Adventurous men who hiked through Oregon’s vast forests, trapping animals and living off the land
MOUNTAIN MEN
A ruler with absolute power and authority
DICTATOR
The Indian and Mexican cowhands who worked on the California ranches
VAQUEROS
Able to produce enough for one’s own needs
SELF-SUFFICIENT
To add on
ANNEX
People of Mexican descent born in Texas
TEJANOS
A place that is safe from persecution
REFUGE
When enemy forces try to capture a city or fort, often by surrounding and bombarding it
SIEGE
Self-appointed law enforcers
VIGILANTES
The old Spanish mission in Texas were Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged Texans in 1836
ALAMO
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints founded by Joseph Smith in 1830
MORMONS
The name for the 80,000+ people who made the long journey to California for the gold rush in 1849
FORTY-NINERS
A French word meaning “get- together”; where mountain men and fur traders would meet in the summer
RENDEZVOUS
To give up
CEDE
Hanged without a legal trial
LYNCHED