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Manifest Destiny Flashcards

1
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Purchased from the French/Napoleon, doubled the size of the USA

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Louisiana Purchase

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Led By Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. lasted 28 months.
Purpose: was to find all water routes. to explore and map out the land. trade with natives

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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USA vs. Great Britain. 2nd war for independence.

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The War of 1812

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4
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wanted war with Great Britain

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war hawks

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Leader of the War Hawks

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Henry Clay

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led USA forces to victory against Tecumseh and his Indian confederacy at the battles of Tippecanoe/ Thames

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William Henry Harrison

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hero at battle of new Orleans (last battle of the war)

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Andrew Jackson

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hero at battle of lake Erie: “we have met the enemy and they are ours”

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Oliver Hazard Perry

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Washington D.C/white house, capitol set on fire

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Battle of Bladensburg

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writer of the star-spangled banner at the battle of fort McHenry

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Francis Scott Key

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“Old Ironsides”-makes a name for itself- oldest commission ship in the world

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USS constitution

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Ended the war

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Treaty of Ghent

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13
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the belief that it was the Americans god given right to spread out over the continent

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Manifest Destiny

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14
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Coined the term manifest destiny

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John O’Sullivan

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Area between the Rocky Mountains and the pacific ocean. USA, British, Spain, and Russia all claimed it

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Oregon Country

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Russia drops its claim on Oregon country

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Russo-American Treaty

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Spain drops its claim on Oregon Country

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Adams-Onis Treaty

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Fur trappers who spent most of the year in the mountains-Beaver pelts

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Mountain Men

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Most well-known American mountain man. first to California

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Jedidiah Smith

20
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American merchant- started a furrier company, became very wealthy

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John Jacob Astor

21
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Was a gathering of the mountain men once a year.
Trade/sell furs-swap stories/have contests-lasted about 2 weeks

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Rendezvous

22
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came west after the mountain men

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Missionaries

23
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opened a mission to work with native Americans. letters they sent back east gave descriptions of the beauty of the west- they eventually brought pioneers west

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Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcisa

24
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Went from St. Louis/independence (Missouri) to Portland (Oregon)

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Oregon Trail

25
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Piolets led by train west (ex-mountain men)

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pathfinders

26
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“Dark Horse” wins the election

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James K Polk

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