Unit 8 vocab

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19th century belief in the US expansion as justified and inevitable by God.

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Manifest Destiny

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Major path of western migration (1940s)

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Oregon Trail

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19th century belief in the US expansion as justified and inevitable by God.

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Manifest Destiny

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Major path of western migration (1940s)

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Oregon Trail

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Political leader, democrat, 11th president, led U.S. into Mexican War, known as Manifest Destiny President.

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James K Polk

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Slogan from the Oregon boundary dispute, where Democrats wanted the U.S. border at 54'40" latitude.

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“Fifty-four Forty or Fight”

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Texas became a U.S. state in 1845 after Congress supported its annexation under Tyler.

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Annexation of Texas

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US victory war reflecting American manifest destiny.

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Mexican-American War

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Prohibited slavery expansion into US-acquired territories.

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Wilmot Proviso

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Treaty ending Mexican-American War, 1848; Mexico ceded land from Texas to California for $15M.

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo