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brigham young (marmons)
mormons played a key roles in the settling the west -
louisianna purchase
the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
orgen trail
laid by fur trappers and traders from about 1811 to 1840 and was only passable on foot or by horseback. -
santa fe trail
Mexican traders also provided caravans going to western Missouri in this international trade -
battle of alamo
he Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. there is a movie about alamo -
battle of san jacinto
texan victory at the san jacinto led by sam houston texas independence -
annexation of texas
the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state. -
mexican american war
marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil -
treaty of guadulupe hildago
officially entitled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican -
gadsden purchase
The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million. -
fort laramie treaty
the were also called the sioux treaty of 1868