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Inventor of the telegraph

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Samuel F. B. Morse

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American general in war with Mexico

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Stephen Kearny

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Founder and leader of the Mormons

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Joseph Smith

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Antonio López de Santa Anna

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Mexican president who fought Texans in the Texas Revolution

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Winfield Scott

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American general in war with Mexico

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land grant

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Gift of public land to an individual or organization

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Alamo

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Site of a key battle in the Texas Revolution

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Slogan used in the 1844 presidential election as a call for U.S. annexation of the Oregon Territory

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“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!”

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Texas’s war for Independence from Mexico

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Texas Revolution

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Zachary Taylor

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American general in war with Mexico and 12th president

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Leader of American colony in Texas

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Stephen F. Austin

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manifest destiny

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Belief that the United States would expand across the continent

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Treaty of Fort Laramie

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Treaty that gave Native Americans control of the central plains

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gold rush

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Movement of people to a place in which gold has been discovered

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Economic system in which individuals and businesses control the means of production

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capitalism

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John Deere

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Inventor of the steel plow

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specialization

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In farming, the raising of one or two crops for sale rather than a variety of foods for personal use

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Treaty ending the War with Mexico

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Purchase of land from Mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-Mexico boundary

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Gadsden Purchase

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forty-niners

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People who came to California in 1849 in search of gold

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Cyrus McCormick

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Inventor of the mechanical reaper

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Mormons

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Religious group that settled near present-day Salt Lake City

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Independent nation that was created after Texans defeated Mexico in the Texas Revolution

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Republic of Texas

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“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!”

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Slogan used in the 1844 presidential election as a call for U.S. annexation of the Oregon Territory

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Samuel F. B. Morse
Inventor of the telegraph
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entrepreneur
Business owner
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market revolution
Economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than make them themselves
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Texas Revolution
Texas’s war for Independence from Mexico
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Gift of public land to an individual or organization
land grant
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American general in war with Mexico
Winfield Scott
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telegraph
Device that sends messages by wires
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Santa Fe Trail
Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico
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American general in war with Mexico and 12th president
Zachary Taylor
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James K. Polk
11th president
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First president of the Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
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People who came to California in 1849 in search of gold
forty-niners
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Treaty that gave Native Americans control of the central plains
Treaty of Fort Laramie
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To make part of, incorporate
annex
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Republic of Texas
Independent nation that was created after Texans defeated Mexico in the Texas Revolution
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Nation declared by American settlers after defeating Mexicans
Republic of California
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Mexican president who fought Texans in the Texas Revolution
Antonio López de Santa Anna
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capitalism
Economic system in which individuals and businesses control the means of production
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Inventor of the steel plow
John Deere
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Joseph Smith
Founder and leader of the Mormons
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Site of a key battle in the Texas Revolution
Alamo
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Oregon Trail
Trail from Missouri to Oregon
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Movement of people to a place in which gold has been discovered
gold rush
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Stephen F. Austin
Leader of American colony in Texas
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Religious group that settled near present-day Salt Lake City
Mormons
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11th president
James K. Polk
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Device that sends messages by wires
telegraph
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Economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than make them themselves
market revolution
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Business owner
entrepreneur
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In farming, the raising of one or two crops for sale rather than a variety of foods for personal use
specialization
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annex
To make part of, incorporate
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Gadsden Purchase
Purchase of land from Mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-Mexico boundary
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Trail from Missouri to Oregon
Oregon Trail
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Republic of California
Nation declared by American settlers after defeating Mexicans
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Sam Houston
First president of the Republic of Texas
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty ending the War with Mexico
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Stephen Kearny
American general in war with Mexico
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Inventor of the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
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Brigham Young
Leader of the Mormons who decided to move the group west to Utah
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Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe Trail
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Belief that the United States would expand across the continent
manifest destiny
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Leader of the Mormons who decided to move the group west to Utah
Brigham Young
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What areas did inventions help to improve?
They improved the way goods were made, communication, and transportation.
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What was the market revolution?
It was a change in which people began to buy and sell goods rather than making them for themselves.
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What two inventions helped to improve farming?
steel plow; mechanical reaper
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What was manifest destiny?
the belief that God wanted the United States to expand across the continent and that Americans were meant to control the West
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What was the agreement made in the Fort Laramie Treaty?
The Native Americans were given control of much of the Great Plains, and they agreed not to attack settlers.
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What two trails did Americans take to move West?
the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail
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Why did Mexico encourage American settlement in Texas?
because Mexico wanted to improve its economy
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Why were some Northerners opposed to Texas join- ing the United States?
Texas allowed slavery, and Northerners did not want another slave state.
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How did President Polk try to provoke a war with Mexico?
Polk ordered the U.S. army to blockade the Rio Grande, which was an area that Mexico claimed as its own.
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What event started the war with Mexico?
Mexicans, angered by an American exploration party into California, sent troops across the Rio Grande. Mexican soldiers killed 11 American soldiers there, which led Congress to declare war.
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Which lands did the United States get as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The United States got almost half of Mexico’s land, which made the United States grow by one-third.
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What were the issues with Americans settling in Mexico? Why were there problems?
The Americans did not speak Spanish, they were not Catholics, they were protestants, and they disobeyed Mexican laws, in particular, they owned slaves

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