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History Chapter 8

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    Moving West
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  • People who rushed to California in search of gold
    forty-niners
  •  15
  • People who were the first to settle in an area
    pioneers
  •  15
  • People who gained the most money from the California gold rush
    merchants
  •  15
  • People who get natural resources from the earth
    Miners
  •  15
  • The actual distance between two places on a map can be found using a _______________.
    map scale
  •  15
  • A small map or globe that shows where an area is located in the world is called a ____________________.
    locator map
  •  15
  • The British and Americans decided the border for Oregon Country would be on the ____________________.
    49th parallel
  •  15
  • In the Battle of San Jacinto, as Houston's soldiers attacked, they yelled "________________________!"
    Remember the Alamo!
  •  15
  • People in Texas decided to fight against Santa Anna to bring back the Mexican _____________________.
    Constitution of 1824
  •  15
  • President of Texas
    Sam Houston
  •  15
  • Leader of the Mormons
    Brigham Young
  •  15
  • Doctor for the Cayuse people
    Marcus Whitman
  •  15
  • President of Mexico
    Santa Anna
  •  15
  • Wrote Christian writings and songs in the Nez Perce language
    Henry and Eliza Spalding
  •  15
  • Replaced Whigs with Democrats in the national government
    John Tyler
  •  15
  • Died while in office as president
    William Henry Harrison
  •  15