staar points 20 Flashcards
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large numbers of Americans migrated to Oregon for the opportunity for free, rich land; the beginning of the great westward migration
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Oregon territory
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the 19th century belief that it was gods will that the u.s. should expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean
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manifest destiny
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texas joined the union, the Mexican war breaks out in dispute over the southern border
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annexation of texas (1845)
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Mexico gave up California and New Mexico for 15 million dollars after it’s defeat in the war
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Mexican cession (1848)
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purchase form Mexico of a strip of land on the southern edge of AZ and NM to complete the transcontinental railroad
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Gadsden purchase (1853)
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the discovery of gold in CA led to a “rush” of settlers looking to make their fortune
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gold rush
