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Refers to the belief that God wanted the United States to expand and own all of North America.
What is Manifest Destiny
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Brigham Young led his persecuted Mormons to this city.
What is Salt Lake City
100
The US obtained a vast amount of territory in southern Arizona and New Mexico.
What is The Gadsden Purchase
100
Due to a tough journey the _________ party got lost and resorted to cannibalism
What is The Donner Party
100
State that wanted to be annexed from the United States.
What is Texas.
200
People who favored territorial growth
What are Expansionists.
200
Texans declared their independence and adopted a republicann constitution. Their new nation became know as the ____________________
What is Lone Star Republic.
200
Wanted to ban slavery in any lands won from Mexico. Never passed by the government.
What is The Wilmot Proviso
200
Treaty that ended the Mexican American War.
What is Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
200
Mexico told Americans they could settle in Texas if they:
Became Mexican citizens, catholic, and accepted the Mexican Constitution which banned slavery.
300
Traders launched a growing commerce along this trail.
What is Santa Fe Trail
300
Became the President of Texas and fought for its annexation.
Who is Sam Huston
300
80,000 fortune seekers headed to California in search of easy riches.
What is California Gold Rush
300
City that expierienced population boom as a result of the Gold Rush.
What is San Francisco.
300
Became the new border of Texas and Mexico
What is Rio Grande River.
400
A trail that turned northwest at South pass to reach Oregon Country
What is The Oregon Trail
400
A Jacksonian Democrat, slaveholder, and believer in Manifest Destiny, won the election of 1844.
Who is James K. Polk
400
People in search of gold.
Forty Niners
400
Agreed to the shared use of Great Lakes and a final end to slave trade on the high seas.
What is Webster Ashburton Treaty.
400
New state that created a constitution that did not mention African Americans because they did not want to deal with slavery.
What is California
500
Treaty that bound the Indians to territories awat from the major trails.
What is the Treaty of Fort Laramie
500
In March of 1836, Santa Ana and his troops attacked the small Texas garrison, the ____________. Resulted in the execution.
What is Alamo
500
Employed jets of water to erode gravel hills into long lines of sluices to catch the gold.
What is Hydraulic Mining
500
Took over Mexico in a coup and wanted a authoritarian government.
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
500
Presidential slogan to obtain the Oregon Territory from Great Britain
What is "54 40 or fight!"
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