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10 Cards in this Set
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Manifest Destiny |
19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable |
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Santa Fe Trail |
19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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Oregon Trail |
The route over which settlers traveled to Oregon in the 1840s and 1850s; trails branched off from it toward Utah and California. The Oregon Trail passed through what is now Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Idaho |
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Stephen F. Austin |
American empresario born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri |
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Texas Revolution |
Began when colonists (primarily from the United States) in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government |
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The Alamo |
A mission in San Antonio, Texas that was used as a fort during the Texas revolution |
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Sam Houston |
An American politician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing Texas into the United States as a constituent state |
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James K. Polk |
11th President of the United States. Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee |
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Republic of California |
The short period in history that encompasses the California Republic is also known as the Bear Flag Revolt which was launched by American settlers (the Bear Flaggers) against Mexico in the Mexican territory of Alta California |
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo |
Officially entitled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, is the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848 |
