1. SECTION 1

2. FUR TRAPPERS AND EXPLORERS WHO OPENED UP THE WEST BY DISCOVERING TRAILS THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
MOUNTAIN MEN

3. MORMON LEADER WHO PRACTICE RELIGION IN PEACE IN UTAH
BRIGHAM YOUNG

4. OPENED UP THE SOUTH PASS
JEDEDIAH SMITH

5. LEGENDARY TRAPPER
JIM BECKWOURTH

6. PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT LARGE AREAS OF LAND, HOPING THAT IT WILL GAIN IN VALUE, AND MAKE MONEY RE-SELLING THE LAND
LAND SPECULATORS

7. TRADE ROUTE FROM MISSOURI TO NEW MEXICO – AVOIDED HIGH MOUNTAINS
SANTA FE TRAIL

8. ROUTE USED TO TRAVEL FROM MISSOURI TO WESTERN LANDS OCCUPIED BY THE BRITISH AND UNITED STATES
OREGON TRAIL

9. RELIGIOUS GROUP THAT MOVED TO UTAH IN 1847
MORMONS

10. SECTION 2

11. ORIGINAL SPANISH NAME FOR TEXAS
TEJAS

12. BATTLE BETWEEN TEXAS AND MEXICO IN 1836
BATTLE OF ALAMO

13. LONE STAR REPUBLIC
NICKNAME FOR TEXAS

14. COMMANDER OF TEXAS ARMY AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF TEXAS
SAM HOUSTON

15. FOUNDED A COLONY FOR THE AMERICANS IN SPANISH TEXAS
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

16. TO MERGE A TERRITORY INTO AN EXISTING STATE
ANNEX

17. SPANISH SETTLERS IN TEXAS
TEJANOS

18. ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA
MEXICAN GENERAL AND PRESIDENT TO TRIED TO STOP TEXAS FROM LEAVING MEXICO
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA

19. SECTION 3

20. 11TH PRESIDENT WHO MADE MANIFEST DESITNY A POLICY
JAMES K. POLK

21. BELIEF THAT IT WAS THE FATE OF THE UNITED STATES TO EXTEND FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
MANIFEST DESTINY

22. GENERAL WHO COMMANDED THE US TROOPS STATIONED IN THE AREA NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE
ZACHARY TAYLOR

23. AGREEMENT THAT ENDED THE WAR BETWEEN THE US AND MEXICO IN 1848
TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO

24. REGION MEXICO GAVE TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1848
MEXICAN CESSION

25. 1846 REBELLION OF AMERICANS AGAINST MEXICAN RULE OF CALIFORNIA
BEAR FLAG REVOLT

26. SECTION 4

27. CALIFORNIA GOLD SEEKERS IN THE 19TH CENTURY

28. WEST COAST SETTLERS OF SPANISH AND MEXICAN DECENT
CALIFORNIOS

29. WEALTHY CALIFORNIO WHO LOST PROPERTY WITH THE AMERICAN SETLEMENT
MARIANO VALLEJO

30. CARPENTER WHO DISCOVERED GOLD IN CALIFORNIA
JAMES MARSHALL