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when did migration into western territories surge?

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in the 1830s and 1840s

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manifest destiny?

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obvious or undeniable fate. it was their land given to them by God

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how did texas encourage the US to accept them

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partly to protect themselves from invasion by mexico

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who supported texas annexation and why

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southerns and democrats because there would be one more slave state that would sway the balance in the hosue

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north and south feared what?

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annexation would cause war with mexico

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who started changing the minds of americans into annexing texas?

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President James K. Polk

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what were the rivers that mexico and the US fought over the land between

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Rio grande and Nueces river

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how much did polk offer mexico to buy California and new mexico?

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30 mil

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why did Mexico refuse to see John slidell the ambassador?

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because mexico got news that the US wanted all their land in present day US

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what did polk do to get the mexican to fight

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brought 3,000 troops to the rio grande river and got the mexican to be angry and fight back

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what did the invasion fight mean for polk?

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he know had a reason to get congress to let him go to war with the mexicans

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who were the main people in the bear flag revolt?

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american settlers

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in the bear flag revolt, who was the leader?

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william B. Idle

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what town did they attack in the bear flag revolt?

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sonoma

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what did the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo reflect?

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mexicos weak bargaining position

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what was the first thing mexico gave up in the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo?

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mexico gave up its claim to texas and said the rio grande was the border of the 2 countries

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what was the second thing mexico gave up in the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo?

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new mexico and california, which made up of 2/5ths of their territory

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what was the third thing mexico gave up in the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo?

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US paid mexico 15 million

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what was the fourth thing mexico gave up in the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo?

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would pay claims by americans against mexico for 3 million

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in total how much did they have to pay mexico and how much did they save

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paid 18 million originally the us offered 30 so they saved 12 million

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Gadsen purchase

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when us bought arizona for 10 million dollars

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WHAT DID THE LAND IN THE GADSEN OURCHASE do?

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eventually provided a route for the souther transcontinental railroad

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what was possibly the most important effect of the mexican american war?

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it brought slavery to the forefront of attention

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What did the wilmot proviso do?

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stated that slavery would not be permitted in any of the states gained by Mexico because the power would shift and stuff

25
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who founded the mormon relgiion

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joseph smith

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why did the mormons keep moving

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because relation bore down with their neighbors

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what propelled them to move west

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the killing of smith and his brother

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who ws the new mormon leader

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brigham young

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what did the new leader think

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they should move out of the US but if they moved west they’d be far away from everybody

30
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What sparked the gold rush

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john sutters mill with gold

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who were the people that went to get cold

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mostly unmarried men

32
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what did the gold rush to the native americans

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it took them over and forced them to work for them

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booms towns

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when people who came to mine formed towns

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ghost towns

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when people left

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why were ghost towns formed

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bc when the mines went dry people left.

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great plains

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vast grassland that lies between the mississippi river and the rocky mountains

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middlemen

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brought items from one source and then sold them to others

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secularized

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it put them under the control of the state rather than the church.

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mountain men

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these hardy trapper were some of the toughest colorful characters in the country’s history, typically doped indian ways and married indian women

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trek

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journey

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pass

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low spot in a mountain range

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