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what event of the early statehood era caused the need for westward expansion?
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repopulation growth
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population
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what was the main reason the United States did NOT want to annex texas in 1837?
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because at that time texas and mexico were at war.
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conflict between 2 countries
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what 2 groups worried about becoming a state and why?
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mexicans
Native Americans |
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why did polk favor texas becoming part of the union?
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Manifest Destiny
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what were the result of The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
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A: Ended the Mexican - American war
B: set the Rio Grande as the border |
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As a result of the U.S - Mexican war, the southern boundary of Texas was set at the __________ river.
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Rio Grande
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what was the name of the territory gained by the U.S as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
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mexican cession
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which areas of Texas were home to the majority of the state's slave holders?
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south and east Texas
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how did the compromise of 1850 affect Texas?
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New borders were established
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define annexation
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the act of adding or joining a territory to ab existing one
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define manifest destiny
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the belif widdy held by Americans in the 19th century that the United States was destined to expand across the continent.
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define westward expansion
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the populating of the land within continental boundaries of the mainland U.S process that began shortly after the 1st colonial settlements were established along tge Atlantic Coast
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