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| forts along the rugged California coastline |
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| trappers who adopted the Indian ways and married Indian women in the Rocky Mountains |
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| famous battle between 200 men battled 4000 Mexican troops. lasted 13 days |
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| thousands rushed to California in the hopes of striking it rich by discovering gold |
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| started in Independence Missouri, heading through Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. 2000 miles long. |
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| obvious or undeniable fate |
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| to join or attach as when Texas voted to be annexed (join the US) |
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| the vast grassland that lies between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains |
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| Texas War of Independence |
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| war between Texas settlers and Mexican police. Texans wanted to self govern |
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| during a boom a town would flourish and when the boom went bust it became a ghost town |
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| trail that linked Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| people who continually migrate instead of staying in one place |
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| 30,000 square miles of land sold to US by Mexico. Is now southern New Mexico and Arizona. Allowed for the transcontinental railroad to be built eventually |
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| virtues the American people would need to govern themselves in the new republic |
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| machine that separates the seeds from the raw cotton fibers |
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| movement began in the back country of Kentucky and Tennessee and attacked large numbers of people |
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| a period of growth and discovery by inventors |
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| an area west of the Appalachian mountains |
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| built by the state of New York 363 mile waterway that connected the Hudson river with Lake Eerie |
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| Spain agreed to cede or give up Florida to the United States |
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| gathering where people were revived or brought back to a religious life |
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| Transylvania company employed Boon and a group of men to cut the wilderness road, the Cumberland gap. It was a low spot in the Appalachian mountains. |
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| religious sub groups experienced rapid growth |
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| all parts are made to an exact standard |
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| organization of workers formed to protect the interests of its members |
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| Indian removal act of 1830 |
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| area/places made up of one or more cities |
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| an economic system in which companies compete for profits |
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| the change in the way Americans made/bought/sold goods |
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