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Expanding Markets and Moving West (Chapter 9) Flashcards

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Inventor of the telegraph

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Samuel F. B. Morse

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American general in war with Mexico

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Stephen Kearny

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Founder and leader of the Mormons

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Joseph Smith

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Antonio López de Santa Anna

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Mexican president who fought Texans in the Texas Revolution

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Winfield Scott

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American general in war with Mexico

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land grant

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Gift of public land to an individual or organization

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Alamo

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Site of a key battle in the Texas Revolution

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Slogan used in the 1844 presidential election as a call for U.S. annexation of the Oregon Territory

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“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!”

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Texas’s war for Independence from Mexico

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Texas Revolution

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Zachary Taylor

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American general in war with Mexico and 12th president

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Leader of American colony in Texas

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Stephen F. Austin

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manifest destiny

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Belief that the United States would expand across the continent

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Treaty of Fort Laramie

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Treaty that gave Native Americans control of the central plains

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gold rush

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Movement of people to a place in which gold has been discovered

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Economic system in which individuals and businesses control the means of production

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capitalism

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John Deere

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Inventor of the steel plow

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specialization

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In farming, the raising of one or two crops for sale rather than a variety of foods for personal use

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Treaty ending the War with Mexico

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Purchase of land from Mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-Mexico boundary

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Gadsden Purchase

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forty-niners

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People who came to California in 1849 in search of gold

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Cyrus McCormick

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Inventor of the mechanical reaper

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Mormons

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Religious group that settled near present-day Salt Lake City

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Independent nation that was created after Texans defeated Mexico in the Texas Revolution

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Republic of Texas

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“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!”

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Slogan used in the 1844 presidential election as a call for U.S. annexation of the Oregon Territory

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Samuel F. B. Morse

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Inventor of the telegraph

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entrepreneur

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Business owner

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market revolution

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Economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than make them themselves

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Texas Revolution

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Texas’s war for Independence from Mexico

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Gift of public land to an individual or organization

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land grant

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American general in war with Mexico

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Winfield Scott

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telegraph

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Device that sends messages by wires

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Santa Fe Trail

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Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico

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American general in war with Mexico and 12th president

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Zachary Taylor

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James K. Polk

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11th president

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First president of the Republic of Texas

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Sam Houston

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People who came to California in 1849 in search of gold

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forty-niners

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Treaty that gave Native Americans control of the central plains

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Treaty of Fort Laramie

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To make part of, incorporate

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annex

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Republic of Texas

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Independent nation that was created after Texans defeated Mexico in the Texas Revolution

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Nation declared by American settlers after defeating Mexicans

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Republic of California

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Mexican president who fought Texans in the Texas Revolution

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Antonio López de Santa Anna

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capitalism

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Economic system in which individuals and businesses control the means of production

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Inventor of the steel plow

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John Deere

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Joseph Smith

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Founder and leader of the Mormons

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Site of a key battle in the Texas Revolution

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Alamo

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Oregon Trail

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Trail from Missouri to Oregon

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Movement of people to a place in which gold has been discovered

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gold rush

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Stephen F. Austin

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Leader of American colony in Texas

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Religious group that settled near present-day Salt Lake City

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Mormons

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11th president

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James K. Polk

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Device that sends messages by wires

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telegraph

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Economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than make them themselves

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market revolution

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Business owner

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entrepreneur

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In farming, the raising of one or two crops for sale rather than a variety of foods for personal use

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specialization

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annex

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To make part of, incorporate

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Gadsden Purchase

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Purchase of land from Mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-Mexico boundary

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Trail from Missouri to Oregon

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Oregon Trail

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Republic of California

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Nation declared by American settlers after defeating Mexicans

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Sam Houston

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First president of the Republic of Texas

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Treaty ending the War with Mexico

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Stephen Kearny

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American general in war with Mexico

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Inventor of the mechanical reaper

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Cyrus McCormick

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Brigham Young

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Leader of the Mormons who decided to move the group west to Utah

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Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Santa Fe Trail

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Belief that the United States would expand across the continent

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manifest destiny

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Leader of the Mormons who decided to move the group west to Utah

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Brigham Young

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What areas did inventions help to improve?

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They improved the way goods were made, communication, and transportation.

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What was the market revolution?

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It was a change in which people began to buy and sell goods rather than making them for themselves.

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What two inventions helped to improve farming?

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steel plow; mechanical reaper

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What was manifest destiny?

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the belief that God wanted the United States to expand across the continent and that Americans were meant to control the West

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What was the agreement made in the Fort Laramie Treaty?

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The Native Americans were given control of much of the Great Plains, and they agreed not to attack settlers.

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What two trails did Americans take to move West?

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the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail

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Why did Mexico encourage American settlement in Texas?

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because Mexico wanted to improve its economy

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Why were some Northerners opposed to Texas join- ing the United States?

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Texas allowed slavery, and Northerners did not want another slave state.

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How did President Polk try to provoke a war with Mexico?

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Polk ordered the U.S. army to blockade the Rio Grande, which was an area that Mexico claimed as its own.

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What event started the war with Mexico?

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Mexicans, angered by an American exploration party into California, sent troops across the Rio Grande. Mexican soldiers killed 11 American soldiers there, which led Congress to declare war.

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Which lands did the United States get as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

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The United States got almost half of Mexico’s land, which made the United States grow by one-third.

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What were the issues with Americans settling in Mexico? Why were there problems?

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The Americans did not speak Spanish, they were not Catholics, they were protestants, and they disobeyed Mexican laws, in particular, they owned slaves

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