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Manifest Destiny

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Belief that it was America’s God-given right to spread out and possess the entire continent

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Louisiana Purchase

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USA purchases the territory of Louisiana from the French/Napoleon

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Corps of Discovery

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Purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Find Northwest Passage
Explore and map out the land
Trade with the Natives

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Sacajawea

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Indian guide/mediator

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Result of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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Opened the west to the American settlers

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War of 1812

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USA vs Great Britain

Second War for Independence

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Causes of the War of 1812

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British attempts to restrict US free trade
British impressments (forced service) of US sailors in British Navy
US desire to take Canada
Expansion West

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War Hawks

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Group of people who wanted the war with Great Britain- led by Henry Clay

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William Henry Harrison

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Led US forces against Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippiecanoe

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Andrew Jackson

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Hero at the Battle of New Orleans (last battle of the war).

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Francis Scott Key

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Writer of the “Star Spangled Banner” at the Battle of Fort McHenry

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USS Consitution

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“Old Ironsides” oldest commissioned ship the world

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Treaty of Ghent

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Treaty that ended the War of 1812

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Results of the War of 1812

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US Capital City burned
Boosted US confidence
New spirit of Patriotism
Created Manifest Destiny

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John O’Sullivan

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Created Manifest Destiny

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Oregon Country

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Area between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean

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Which four countries claimed the Oregon Country

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Russia, Spain, USA, and Britain

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Two countries dropped their claim and to what treaty

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Russo-American Treaty: Russia

Adams-Onis Treaty: Spain

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Mountain Men

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Fur Trappers; lived mostly in the mountains

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Jedediah Smith

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Most well known mountain men; first to California

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John Jacob Astor

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American Merchant; started a furrier company

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Rendezvous

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Annual meeting of the Mountain Men where they would share stories and have contests; trade/sell fur. Lasted about two weeks

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Dr. Marcus Whitman; Narcisa

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Opened a mission in Willamette Valley, Portland for the Native Americans

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Oregon Trail
From Independence, Missouri to Portland, Oregon
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Oregon Fever
Desire for a better life
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Who didn’t agree with Manifest Destiny and why
Native Americans 1) land was stolen 2) buffalo destroyed 3) diseases
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Why did Pioneers go west
Land Opportunity to start a new life Adventure Gold
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Pathfinders
Ex-Mountain Men who led Wagon trains West
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Dark Horse
James K. Polk | Won presidency- promised Oregon and the Westward Expansion
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War between America and Britain was avoided how
A border between Oregon and Canada was made; called the 49th parallel
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Texas
Part of the Northern province of Mexico called Coahuila
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Rules for moving to Texas
Learn Spanish Convert to Catholicism Obey Mexican Law (no slaves)
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Moses and Stephen Austin
Moses- empresario or businessman; organized a group to go to Texas Stephen- leader of the “Old Three Hundred”
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Immigration stopped for Americans. Why and what were the results
Too many Americans came to settle in Texas Mexico stopped Americans from moving there Made the American a Texans mad USA offers to buy Texas
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Why did Stephen Austin go to the Capital of Mexico
To ask the leader of Mexico to open the borders for Americans And to break away from Mexico and have a self-governed “state” But was thrown in prison
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Growing unrest in Texas led to
Battle of Gonzales- 1st fight for independence
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Battle of the Alamo
Mexican General Santa Anna started a siege that lasted 12 days against the Americans. American commander William Travis fought against the Mexicans with 150 men
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Results of the Battle of the Alamo
Gave General Sam Houston time to prepare to attack the Mexican army Gave Texas a motivational rally cry- “Remember the Alamo” Turning point of the war
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Battle of San Jacinto
Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna Texas gains it independence Became Republic of Texas
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President of Texas
Sam Houston
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Why wasn’t Texas apart of the the USA and for how long
Because if Texas would’ve joined the USA, it would’ve imbalanced the amount of free states and slave states 9 years later, it joined
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New Mexico Province
Belonged to Spanish/Mexico | Santa Fe- capital of Mexico
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Santa Fe Trail
Trade route between Americans and Mexico | “Highway to the Southwest”
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William Becknell
American who opened the Santa Fe trail
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Pony Express and founder | What happened to it
Mail/Newspaper service William Russell Replaced by the telegraph
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Captain John C. Fremont
One of the first Americans to describe the beauty of California
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Mexican American War
Dispute over the Texas-American border Americans built a fort in territory Mexicans attack the fort
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Who didn’t want the war with Mexicans
Abraham Lincoln and Henry David Thoreau
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Three Fronts
Zachary Taylor- Battle of Buena Vista; “Old Rough and Ready”; attack and control the Texas-American border Winfield Scott- Battle of Vera Cruz; “Old Fuss and Feathers”; sent to capture Mexico’s capital Stephen Kearney- no battle; “The Long Marcher”; to control New Mexico and California
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
End of the Mexican-American War USA receives the Mexican cession (California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada) USA pays $15 million for California
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Gadsden Purchase
America purchases small strip of land in southern Arizona for $10 million
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Mormons
Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints Founded by Joseph Smith “Last tribe of Israel” Believed in Polygamy
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Brigham Young
New leader of the Mormons after Smith was killed in Illinois | Settled in Deseret
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California Gold Rush
Word leaked that gold was discovered on the American River by James Marshall. 49ers came from all over the world for gold
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Samuel Brannan
Mormon who sold picks, shovels and supplies for gold diggers; California’s first millionaire
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Levis Strauss
Sold denim or blue jeans to miners

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