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| 1812 EARTHQUAKE, 8.1 ON RICKTER SCALE, NEW ST.LOUIS, MISS.RIVER MOVED 13 MILES, UNPOPULATED-LITTLE LOSS OF LIFE |
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| 1828 BECOMES PRESIDENT, OLD HICKORY NICKNAME, LOVED BY AVERAGE JOE, INAUGURAL PARTY WAS A DRUNKEN BASH, STARTED SPOILS SYSTEM AND HAD KITCHEN CABINET |
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| GIVING GOV'T JOBS TO FRIENDS |
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| GROUP OF INFORMAL FRIENDS THAT JACKSON TOOK ADVICE FROM |
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| 1830 FORCED REMOVAL OF INDIANS FROM THEIR LAND TO LANDS WEST OF MISSISSIPPI, 3000 CHEROKEE DIED. |
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| 1840 BECOMES PRESIDENT, GIVES LONG SPEECH IN COLD WEATHER, GETS SICK AND DIES WITHIN A MONTH |
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| FUR TRADERS, 1ST WHITES IN NORTH AMERICA, WORE BUCKSKIN, CARRIED POSSIBLE SACKS, MARRIED NATIVE WOMEN, WENT TO RENDEZVOUS, BECAME GUIDES FOR WAGON TRAINS WEST. |
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| 50,000 PPL MOVED WEST IN WAGON TRAINS LED BY MOUNTAIN MEN STARTING AT INDEPENDENCE, MO., 15 MILES A DAY, LEFT OUT IN SPRING, TOOK 3-4 MONTHS. |
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| DELAY TACTIC SO HOUSTON COULD BUILD TEXAS ARMY, 187 TEXANS HOLE UP IN OLD MISSION, CROCKET, BOWIE AND TRAVIS ARE LEADERS, HELD OUT 12 DAYS AGAINST SANTA ANNA AND 6,000 MEXICAN SOLDIERS. |
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| TEXAS WINS INDEPENDENCE TO BECOME LONE STAR REPUBLIC, SANTA ANNA IS CAPTURED AND BATTLE OVER IN 18 MINUTES |
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| PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 1844- POLK WANTS TO DISCUSS LAND ACQUISITION INSTEAD OF SLAVERY PROBLEMS. MANIFEST DESTINY IS THE IDEA THAT US IS ENTITLED TO ALL THE LAND BETWEEN THE PACIFIC AND THE ATLANTIC OCEANS |
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| MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, 1846 |
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| ANOTHER LAND GRAB BY US, US PICKS FIGHT WITH MEXICO AND WINS MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST US. |
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| NAME 4 US GENERALS IN MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND WHAT THEY DID |
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| WINFIELD SCOTT WENT TO MEXICO CITY; ZACKARY TAYLOR WENT TO PICK FIGHT; FREEMONT AND KEARNY WENT TO CALIFORNIA. |
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| NAME 4 US GENERALS IN MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND WHAT THEY DID |
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| WINFIELD SCOTT WENT TO MEXICO CITY; ZACKARY TAYLOR WENT TO PICK FIGHT; FREEMONT AND KEARNY WENT TO CALIFORNIA. |
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| ALTHOUGH US WON MEX-AMERICAN WAR WE OFFERED TO PAY MEXICO $15M |
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| US BULLIES MEXICO INTO SELLING US MORE LAND, THEY AGREE |
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| 1ST LEADER-JOE SMITH, RELIGIOUS GROUP STARTED IN ILLINOIS, UNPOPULAR, SMITH KILLED AND BRIGHAM YOUNG TAKES OVER AND MOVES THEM TO UTAH |
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| STARTS CA GOLD RUSH, 80,000 PPL IN A YEAR, TENT CITIES, VIGILANTES, CA BECOMES A STATE. |
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