Starr Points 20 Flashcards
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Large members of the Americans migrated to Oregon for the opportunity for free, Rich land; the beginning of the great western migration
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Oregon territory
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The 19th century belief that it was God’s will that US should expand all the way to Pacific Ocean
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Manifest destiny
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Texas join the union, the Mexican War breaks out in a dispute over the southern border
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Annexation of Texas
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Mexico Gabriel California and New Mexico for $15 million after its defeat in the war
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Mexican cession
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Purchase from Mexico of s strip of land on the southern edge of AZ and NM to complete the transcontinental rail road
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Gadsden Purchase
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The discovery of gold in CA led to a “rush”of settlers looking to make their fortune,they were called the “forty-niners”
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Gold rush
