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(TorF) Methodist missionaries where the first americans to seek permanent homes in Oregon. |
true |
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(TorF) the spanish set up missions along the coast of California before the area fell into Americans hands
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true |
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(TorF) John Tyler won the election of 1844 by promising " all of Oregon, All of Texas"
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false |
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(TorF) trappers and traders were usually the first white men to arrive in a western area
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true |
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(TorF) the american who moved to Texas while it was under Mexican control quickly adapted to the new culture and blended in with the spanish population
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false |
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(TorF) Stephen Douglas helped to gain the passage of the Compromise of 1850
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true |
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(TorF) IN a sense, the Mexican War served as a training ground for the Civil War that was to come.
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true |
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(TorF) Because of their controversial religious beliefs , the Mormons had difficulty finding an area to settle
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true |
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(TorF) opponents of slavery protested the admittance of texas into the union because they feared texas would be divided into several slave states
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true |
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(TorF) The United States gained control of Oregon all the way to the 54 degrees 40' ling of latitude.
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false |
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area Mexico gave up at the end of the Mexican War |
the mexican cession |
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remembrance of this stirred Sam Houston and his army to victory |
the Alamo |
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completed the acquisition of territory for the continental united states |
the gadsden purchase |
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resulted in the capture of Santa Anna |
the battle of San Jacinto |
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carried out by " old fought and ready" and " old fuss and feathers". |
the mexican war |
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the principle of allowing the people in the territory to decide whether they wished to allow slavery was called what? |
popular sovereignty |
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who succeeded to the presidency when Zachary Taylor died while in office |
millard fillmore |
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what name was given to Northern Democrats who were willing to compromise on the political problems of the 1850s. |
doughface |
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what was the name of the agreement that ended the Mexican War |
the treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo |
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at the time of the outbreak of the Mexican war, what did americans believe to be the border between texas and mexico? |
the rio grande |
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who was the mexican president who opposed texan independence |
santa anna |
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what group was responsible for founding salt lake city in utah |
the mormons |
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what 2 nations claimed claimed Oregon territory before 1846 |
great britain and the united states |
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what american general was elected president in 1848 after gaining great popularity and success during the Mexican War |
zachary taylor |
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what major territory did the bear flag revolution bring into american hands |
california |
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the president most closely associated with Manifest Destiny was..... |
james k polk |
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what was not the reason for people moving to the west during the early 1800s. |
desire to work in factories |
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the building of sutters fort was most closely related to |
the start of the california gold rush |
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what did the compromise of 1850 not allow? |
the admittance of Texas to the Union |
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this route was rediscovered by jedediah smith and was the most important trail to the west |
oregon trail |
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what was texas immediately before it was annexed by the united states? |
a independent country |
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what route was used more by traders than by settlers moving to new homes? |
santa fe trail |
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who was a missionary in the west? |
marcus whitman |
