Us History Unit 2

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Missouri Compromise

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is a series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain a balance of power between slave states and free states.

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Indian Removal Act of 1830

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is a law enacted in 1830 that forced Native American peoples east of the Mississippi to move to the lands in the west.

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Worcester v. Georgia

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the Cherokee nation finally won recognition as a distinct political community. The Court ruled that Georgia was not entitled to regulate the Cherokee or invade their lands. Jackson, however, refused to abide the decision

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Trail of tears

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is the marches in which the Cherokee peoples were forcibly removed from Georgia to the Indian Territory in 1838-1840, with thousands of the Cherokee dying on the way.

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The Alamo

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is a mission and fort in San Antonio, Texas where Mexican forces massacred rebellious Texans in 1836.

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Erie Canal

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is 363-mile long artificial waterway connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie, built between 1817 and 1825

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Oregan Trail

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is a route from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon, used by pioneers traveling to the Oregon Territory.

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Wilmot Proviso

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Proviso is the amendment to an 1846 military appropriations bill, proposing that none of the territory acquired in the war with Mexico would be open to slavery

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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is the 1858 treaty ending the U.S. war with Mexico, in which Mexico ceded California and New Mexico to the United States.

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Gadsen Purchase

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is an 1853 purchase by the United States of land from Mexico, establishing the present U.S. Mexico boundary.