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Module 7 Flashcards

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Manifest destiny

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belief that the United State should 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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Santa Fe Trail

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Trail from Missouri to SantFe, new MExico

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Oregon Trail

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Trail from Missouri to Oregon

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Mormons

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Religious group that settled near present day Salt Lake City

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Joseph smith

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Founder and leader of the Mormons

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Brigham young

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Leader of the Mormons who moved the group west to Utah

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“Fifty-Forty-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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Oregon Treaty

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Treaty between the United Sates and Britain that extended the mainland boundary with Canada along the 49th parallel and establishing the current United States boundary

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Land Grant

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Gift of public land to an individual or organization

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Stephen F. Austin

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Leader of the American colony in Texas

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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

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Mexican president who fought Texans in the Texas Revolution

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Texas Revolution

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Texas war for independence from Mexico

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Alamo

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Site of a key in battle in the Texas Revolution

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Sam Houston

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First presidents of the Republic of Texas

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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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Annex

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To make part of, incorporate

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James K. Polk

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11th president of the United States

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Zachary Taylor

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American general in war with Mexico; 12th president

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Stephen Kearny

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American general in war with Mexico

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Republic of California

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Nation declared by American Settlers after defeating Mexicans

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Winfield Scott

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American General in war with Mexico

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Treaty ending the war with Mexico

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Gadsden Purchased

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

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Forty-Niners

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People who came to California in 1849 in search for gold

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Forty-Niners

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People who came to California in 1849 in search for gold

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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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