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What is the name given to a leader who has complete control of the government?
dictator
What was the name of the San Antonio mission that was turned into a fort?
Alamo
Name the two famous pioneers who were among the men who fought at the Alamo.
Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie
Who was the leader of the Texan army?
Sam Houston
What was the country of Texas called?
Lone Star Republic
What was the name of the land in the Pacific Northwest that Narcissa Whitman wrote about?
Oregon Country
Where did the Oregon Trail begin?
Independence, Missouri
What do we call the trail that Brigham Young used to lead his church members to Utah to form their own communities and find religious freedom?
the Mormon Trail
What is the idea that the United States was meant to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean called?
manifest destiny
The Mexican-American War was fought as a result of a dispute over the border between Mexico and which state?
Texas
People rushed by the thousands to this state to try to find gold.
California
What do we call the people who participated in the gold rush?
forty-niners
