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34 Cards in this Set
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Cherokee Indians
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lived originally in Georgia
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assimilation
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to become like the dominant culture
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Indian Removal Act
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law signed by Jackson that removed the Indians to Indian Territory
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Oklahoma
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Indian territory
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Trail of Tears
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the journey of the Cherokee to Oklahoma
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Manifest Destiny
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the destiny of America to spread from sea to shinign sea
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Stephen Austin
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set up a settlement of American colonists in Texas
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The Alamo
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seige of the fort by Mexican army in 1836
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Lonestar Republic
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the name of Texas when it was in independent country
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James Polk
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President who promoted manifest Destiny
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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ended the Mexican War and provided the Mexican Cession
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Mexican Cession
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Arizona, New Mexico, California land that the US got at the end of the war
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Santa Anna
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General of Mexican War
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imperialism
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when a strong country extends control over weaker territories
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annexation
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to become a part of the country
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nationalism
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pride in one's country
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Industrial Revolution
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the change of work from hand to machine
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Cotton Gin
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invented in 1783 and caused the spread of slavery
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Monroe Doctrine
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said that affairs in the western hemisphere are the US's not Europe's
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Foreign Policy
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rules and regulations regarding other countries
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Talking Leaves
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Sequoya's alphabet
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Nueces River
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the river boundary that Mexico used
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transcendentalism
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extending one's thoughts beyond oneself. focused on nature, beauty, individualism
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Declaration of Sentiments
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Women's Declaration of Independence
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Walt Whitman
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transcendental poet
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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wrote Declaration of Sentiments
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Hudson River School
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art that featured the beauty of the nature and the west
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Cult of Domesticity
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woman's role as the housewife
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USS Maine
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US ship that exploded in Cuba
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USS Maine
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US ship that exploded in Cuba
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Spanish American War
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US fought with Spain in Cuba- acquired Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam
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Rough Riders
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Teddy Rossevelt's volunteer army
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Spot Resolution Speech
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Lincoln's speech questioning the Mexican War
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Gadsen Purchase
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finished the SW corner of the US
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