land that forms at the furthest extent of a nations settled regions.
mountain men
trappers that lived in the west and hunt beaver.
treaty of guadalpe hidalgo
in 18848 formaly ending the Mexican American war.
forty-niners
people moving to california in search for gold.
manifest destiny
the God given write to expand.
Abolitionists
a person who wanted to get rid of slavery.
secede
to seperate from the orinal country.
blockade
to bloke all porks in a hardor not letting anything coming in or go out.
siege
to make someone surrender.
santa fe trail
a wagon trail ended in santa fe
pioneer life
life was hard women worked along side men and in wyoming they where first given the right to vote
Mexican war
the US were not the good guys US won ended in 1848
MOrmons move west
Joseph smith started the religion and wrote the book f mormon. brigam young second leader broght the people to utah
conflicts with mormons and us gov.
mormons were in control of the elections only supported mormon run buissnesses and polygamy was banned in all states
gold rush california
14,000 to 100,000 the population changed dramaticly the people were called forty-niners
missouri compermise of 1820
missouri entered as a slave state maine as a free state no slavery north of a line lasted 30 years
compermise of 1850
CA free state sw was divided into UT and NM chose weather to be a slave state or free ended trade in DC settled border dispute between NM TX made strict laws for fugitive slaves
fugitive slave act
part of the the copermise of 1850required to catch run away if you didnt turn in he slave you would be charged 1000$ or a month in priso
uncle toms cabin
a novel writen by harriett Beecher Stowe writen by the evil of slavery about a slave that was beatten to death by his owner
kansas- nebraska act
divided KA and NB into territories people actually fought war went all around
Pottowatomi creek killings
john brown took the law into his own hands and killed 5 pro slavery men