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Chapter 11 Manifest Destiny Attained 8th
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8th Grade
03/28/2012

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Chapter 11 Manifest Destiny Attained
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Manifest destiny
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Belief that God wanted America to expand from Atlantic to Pacific
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Mexican Cession
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Land given up following the Mexican War
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Annexation
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To make a state or add on
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The Alamo
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Site where Texans fought the Mexican army for 12 days
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Forty-Niners
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People who moved to California in 1849 to search for gold
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Wagon trains
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Groups of covered wagons that moved west to Oregon
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James K. Polk
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Said "American blood was shed on American soil"
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Abraham Lincoln
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Wrote the Spot Resolutions
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John Slidell
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Diplomat who offered to buy CA and NM for $30 million dollars
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Stephen Austin
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Had a grant to settle in Texas
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Sam Houston
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First President of Texas
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James K. Polk
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Coined the phrase "54'40 or fight!"
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Winfield Scott
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General who captured Mexico City
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William Barrett Travis
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Said "Victory or Death!" while at the Alamo
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John Sutter
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Owned a mill in California where gold was discovered
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Made money during the Gold Rush without mining
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Levi Strauss
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Why did settlers and trappers move to Oregon in the 1820's?
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Fertile lands, plentiful rainfall, and mild climate
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American settlers in Texas had conflicts with Mexico in the 1830's because
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Mexico was afraid of losing Texas to the United States
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The United States and Britain solved their dispute over Oregon by
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Agreeing to divide the land
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Mormons went west to settle in Utah to
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Escape religious persecution
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The greatest threat to settlers who traveled west in wagon trains was
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Weather, especially snow
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Development that immediately followed the Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836
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Texas became an independent republic
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One challenge faced by the Lone Star Republic
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Mexico refused to recognize its independence
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Significance of the siege of the Alamo
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Texans resisted a large number of Mexican troops for 12 days
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Not a condition of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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U.S.A. gained New Mexico and Utah
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Not a cause of the Mexican War
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Disease Epidemic
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Not part of the American strategy during the Mexican War
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Sending troops to the Nueces river
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California developed a diverse population because
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Gold seekers came from all over the world and settled there
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Brigham Young
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Led Mormon settlers to Salt Lake City, Utah
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The Mexican government claimed
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The Nueces river was the southern border of Texas
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The American government claimed
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The Rio Grande river was the southern border of Texas
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Be able to write an essay describing events of the Mexican War. Cover causes, battles, and outcomes.
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