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Manifest Destiny

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Belief that it was America’s God-given right to spread out and possess the entire continent

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Louisiana Purchase

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USA purchases the territory of Louisiana from the French/Napoleon

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Corps of Discovery

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Purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Find Northwest Passage
Explore and map out the land
Trade with the Natives

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Sacajawea

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Indian guide/mediator

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Result of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Opened the west to the American settlers

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War of 1812

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USA vs Great Britain

Second War for Independence

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Causes of the War of 1812

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British attempts to restrict US free trade
British impressments (forced service) of US sailors in British Navy
US desire to take Canada
Expansion West

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War Hawks

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Group of people who wanted the war with Great Britain- led by Henry Clay

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William Henry Harrison

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Led US forces against Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippiecanoe

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Andrew Jackson

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Hero at the Battle of New Orleans (last battle of the war).

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Francis Scott Key

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Writer of the “Star Spangled Banner” at the Battle of Fort McHenry

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USS Consitution

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“Old Ironsides” oldest commissioned ship the world

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Treaty of Ghent

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Treaty that ended the War of 1812

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Results of the War of 1812

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US Capital City burned
Boosted US confidence
New spirit of Patriotism
Created Manifest Destiny

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John O’Sullivan

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Created Manifest Destiny

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Oregon Country

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Area between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean

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Which four countries claimed the Oregon Country

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Russia, Spain, USA, and Britain

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Two countries dropped their claim and to what treaty

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Russo-American Treaty: Russia

Adams-Onis Treaty: Spain

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Mountain Men

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Fur Trappers; lived mostly in the mountains

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Jedediah Smith

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Most well known mountain men; first to California

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John Jacob Astor

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American Merchant; started a furrier company

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Rendezvous

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Annual meeting of the Mountain Men where they would share stories and have contests; trade/sell fur. Lasted about two weeks

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Dr. Marcus Whitman; Narcisa

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Opened a mission in Willamette Valley, Portland for the Native Americans

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Oregon Trail

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From Independence, Missouri to Portland, Oregon

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Oregon Fever

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Desire for a better life

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Who didn’t agree with Manifest Destiny and why

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Native Americans

1) land was stolen
2) buffalo destroyed
3) diseases

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Why did Pioneers go west

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Land
Opportunity to start a new life
Adventure
Gold

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Pathfinders

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Ex-Mountain Men who led Wagon trains West

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Dark Horse

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James K. Polk

Won presidency- promised Oregon and the Westward Expansion

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War between America and Britain was avoided how

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A border between Oregon and Canada was made; called the 49th parallel

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Texas

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Part of the Northern province of Mexico called Coahuila

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Rules for moving to Texas

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Learn Spanish
Convert to Catholicism
Obey Mexican Law (no slaves)

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Moses and Stephen Austin

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Moses- empresario or businessman; organized a group to go to Texas
Stephen- leader of the “Old Three Hundred”

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Immigration stopped for Americans. Why and what were the results

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Too many Americans came to settle in Texas
Mexico stopped Americans from moving there
Made the American a Texans mad
USA offers to buy Texas

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Why did Stephen Austin go to the Capital of Mexico

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To ask the leader of Mexico to open the borders for Americans
And to break away from Mexico and have a self-governed “state”
But was thrown in prison

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Growing unrest in Texas led to

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Battle of Gonzales- 1st fight for independence

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Battle of the Alamo

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Mexican General Santa Anna started a siege that lasted 12 days against the Americans. American commander William Travis fought against the Mexicans with 150 men

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Results of the Battle of the Alamo

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Gave General Sam Houston time to prepare to attack the Mexican army
Gave Texas a motivational rally cry- “Remember the Alamo”
Turning point of the war

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Battle of San Jacinto

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Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna
Texas gains it independence
Became Republic of Texas

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President of Texas

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Sam Houston

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Why wasn’t Texas apart of the the USA and for how long

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Because if Texas would’ve joined the USA, it would’ve imbalanced the amount of free states and slave states
9 years later, it joined

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New Mexico Province

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Belonged to Spanish/Mexico

Santa Fe- capital of Mexico

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Santa Fe Trail

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Trade route between Americans and Mexico

“Highway to the Southwest”

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William Becknell

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American who opened the Santa Fe trail

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Pony Express and founder

What happened to it

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Mail/Newspaper service
William Russell
Replaced by the telegraph

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Captain John C. Fremont

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One of the first Americans to describe the beauty of California

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Mexican American War

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Dispute over the Texas-American border
Americans built a fort in territory
Mexicans attack the fort

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Who didn’t want the war with Mexicans

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Abraham Lincoln and Henry David Thoreau

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Three Fronts

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Zachary Taylor- Battle of Buena Vista; “Old Rough and Ready”; attack and control the Texas-American border
Winfield Scott- Battle of Vera Cruz; “Old Fuss and Feathers”; sent to capture Mexico’s capital
Stephen Kearney- no battle; “The Long Marcher”; to control New Mexico and California

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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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End of the Mexican-American War
USA receives the Mexican cession (California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada)
USA pays $15 million for California

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Gadsden Purchase

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America purchases small strip of land in southern Arizona for $10 million

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Mormons

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Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints
Founded by Joseph Smith
“Last tribe of Israel”
Believed in Polygamy

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Brigham Young

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New leader of the Mormons after Smith was killed in Illinois

Settled in Deseret

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California Gold Rush

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Word leaked that gold was discovered on the American River by James Marshall. 49ers came from all over the world for gold

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Samuel Brannan

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Mormon who sold picks, shovels and supplies for gold diggers; California’s first millionaire

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Levis Strauss

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Sold denim or blue jeans to miners

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