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12 Cards in this Set
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Texas believed the boundary was the... |
Rio Grande |
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Mexico believed the boundary was the... |
Nueces River |
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First Governor of Texas |
James Pinckney Henderson |
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First two U.S. senators of Texas |
Thomas J. Rusk and Sam Houston |
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Manifest Destiny ("Sea to shinning Seas") |
This was the belief that they could maintain and own all of the land between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. |
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What did Winfield Scott do with his men? |
He took them across the Gulf of Mexico to get the Mexico City without having to go through the maintains and deserts. |
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - 1848 |
*agreed to stop fighting *Texas belonged to the U.S. *They gave all land west of Texas - Mexican Cession *U.S. paid Mexico $15 million *U.S. waived all land claims and agreed to respect the rights of Spanish speaking people (Ended Mexican War) |
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Florida from? |
Spain |
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Louisiana Purchase from? |
France |
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Bought Oregon Country from? |
Britain |
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Mexican Cession... |
was bought/won from war |
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Gadsden Purchase 1853 |
*Gadsden Purchase was purchased by the U.S. from Mexico in 1853 for $10 Million. |
