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16 Cards in this Set
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"Manifest destiny" |
the idea that the US was destined to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
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Annexation |
to take land and make it part of ones own country;was the main issue of the election in 1844 |
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Oregon Treaty of 1846 |
established Oregon, Washington, and Idaho as a part of the Union (US) |
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1850 |
California
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1846 |
Oregon, Washington, Iowa, Idaho |
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1848 |
Wisconsin
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Mexican War |
Battle over the Southern boundary from Texas to California |
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Why Americans moved West |
money, opportunity, romance, adventure, to share the gospel with the Indians |
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General Stephen Kearny |
led American troops overland along the Santa Fe Trail through the New Mexico territory to San Diego during the Bear Flag Revolt |
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General Zachary Taylor |
"Old Rough and Ready"; led the American army to defeat Santa Anna's army in the battle of Buena Vista |
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Battle of Buena Vista |
1847; American General Taylor and his 4500 troops defeated Mexican dictator Santa Anna and his 15000 troops in this city located in Mexico |
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General Winfield Scott |
led the American army, sent to capture the Mexican Seaport of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico; conducted the first amphibious landing of American troops |
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo |
Signed in 1848 to end the Mexican War; all American troops were removed from Mexico; Meico promised to never invade the Us again |
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Mexican Cession |
US purchased a half a million square mile chunk of land known as this from Mexico for $15 million |
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Brigham Young |
established the colony of Mormons called Deseret |
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Gadsden Purchase |
1853; American ambassador to Mexico James Gadsden negotiated the purchase of a small piece of desert land for $10million |
