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23 Cards in this Set
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1821 |
mexico won independence from spain |
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alamo |
fortified former mission in San Antonio was the site of the 1836 defeat and slaughter of texans by mexican troops |
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wilmont provisu |
law that would ban slavery in any lands won from mexico |
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treaty of gh |
treaty ending the mexican american war |
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gadsden purchase |
1853 purchase of land from mexico |
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winfield scott |
general who received exceptional support from their junior officers |
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Zachary taylor |
led american troops to occupy the contested borderland between the 2 rivers |
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sam hosuton |
led texans drew santa anna eastward into a trap |
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autonomy |
independent control over ones own affairs |
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antonio lopez de santa anna |
general who seized power in mexico city |
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stephen f austin |
led the americans emigrants to settle east of san antonio |
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treaty of fort laramie |
1851 treaty that restricted indians to specific areas away from the major trails |
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oregon trail |
trial from independence, missouri to oregon that was used by prisoners in the mid 1800s |
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santa fe trail |
trail developed by traders in the mid 1800s connecting independence, missouri to santa fe new mexico |
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junipero serra |
leader of converting indians to christians |
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expansionist |
person who favors expanding the territory or influence of a country |
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manifest destiny |
19th century doctrine that westward expansion of the us was not only inevitable but a god given right |
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march 3, 1848 |
texas admitted as a state |
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1844 |
polk became president |
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mexican cession |
territory that mexico surrendered to us along with texas |
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the british |
which country did polk negotiate with to extend the us border |
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40,000 |
by 1860 how many mormons settled in utah |
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25,000 |
how many people set out for california in 1849 |
