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| sent to Mexico to try to ease tensions between the United States and Mexico |
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| Year the war with Mexico was fought |
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| commander of the US Army. Sailed to Veracruz with his forces. |
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| the idea that the united States was meant to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean. |
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| the transfer of land from one country to another |
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| ended the War with Mexico and included the Mexican Cession |
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| ordered to place troops along the Nueces River line |
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| commander of the Mexican troops when US and Mexico fought for the first time |
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| took charge of the Compromise of 1850 |
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| admitted as a State because of the Compromise of 1850 |
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| became president when Zachary Taylor died |
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| determined to gain control of New Me |
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| determined to secure Texas' western border at the Rio Grande. |
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| a person who wanted to end slavery |
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| proposed the main points of the Compromise of 1850. |
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| required American citizens to help police officers capture enslaved people who had run away from their owners |
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| chosen as one of Texas' first US Senators |
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| second highest ranking official in Texas Government |
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| acquired by US in order to build a transcontinental railroad |
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| the agreement in which Mexico agreed to surrender all land west of Texas. |
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| one of Texas' first US senators |
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