Took over the leadership of the Mormons after Joseph Smiths
death; in 1847 led 1,600 of them to settle in Utah
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Missionaries who, in 1836, became the first white settlers to
travel west and settle in Oregon, their glowing reports of the
riches of the land motivated thousands to move
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American general who led the northern advance into Mexico in
1846; his military victories in the war helped him win the
presidency in 1848
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Swiss immigrant who had a fort built on 50,000 acres of land in
the Sacramento Valley of California; in 1848, gold was found on his
land
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Founder of the Mormons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints, he was killed in 1844 by an anti-Mormon
mob
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American general who led the army that captured Mexico City in
September 1847
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Elected president in 1844, promised Oregon and Texas, acquired
both, went to war with Mexico and acquired the Mexican Cession
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In 1848 was sent by Sutter to build a sawmill on the American
River, found gold instead.
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General in the Texan army, defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of
San Jacinto in April 1836; became the first president of the
Republic of Texas
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American explorer who led the rebellion against Mexican rule in
California in 1846
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Senator from Kentucky who was the Whig candidate for president
in 1844, fought the annexation of Texas because he believed it
would lead to war with Mexico
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A Missouri trader who thought a profit could be made if a trade
route existed between Independence and Santa Fe in the
early1820s
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Helped bring American settlers to Texas in the early 1820s,
became known as the Father of Texas
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Worked for temperance, abolition, and womens rights, especially
wanted to see women get the right to control their own property and
wages
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French born artist who is best known for his paintings of Birds
of America, member of the Hudson River School
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American poet who wrote about nature, love, and death, most
poems were published after her death
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Believed that the mentally ill were being treated harshly,
starting in 1841 she began working to improve conditions
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Former slave who escaped in 1838 and became one of the speakers
for the Massachusetts Anti- Slavery Society, published an anti-
slavery newspaper called The North Star
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Writer who wanted Americans to take pride in their own culture,
member of a group of thinkers who started transcendentalism
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Started publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator in
1831
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Wrote about love, guilt and revenge in Puritan America, most
famous book is The Scarlet Letter
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Americas first author to win European respect, most famous for
Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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In 1837 became the head of the 1 st state board of education,
known as the Father of Public Education believed that education was
the great equalizer
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Took up the cause of Womens Rights when they were denied access
to the World Anti- Slavery Convention in London in 1840, helped
organize a convention on the subject in their New York
hometown
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Created the 1 st detective story when he wrote The Murders in
the Rue Morgue, also wrote stories that influenced todays
horror
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Student of Emerson who believed that people should live up to
their own individual standards, also thought that people should not
obey laws they considered unjust
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Born into slavery, her original name was Isabella Baumfee,
fought through the courts to regain her son, fought for abolition
and womens rights
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Born into slavery, most famous conductor on the Underground
Railroad, even though there was a price on her head, she made 19
trips into the South to help lead others to freedom
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Teacher and lawyer who published his 1 st dictionary in 1828,
revised it in 1840, helped to create American English