US History 8th Unit 07 Westward Expansion STAAR

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What is the American belief to own land to the Pacific Ocean?

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Manifest Destiny

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What turned territories into states?

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Northwest Ordinance

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What did Lewis and Clark explore?

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Louisiana Purchase

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What was obtained from Great Britain in 1846 (Border Dispute) 54-40 or Fight!?

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Oregon Country

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Why did many northerners oppose the Mexican War?

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Another slave state would be added

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Why did many northerners oppose the Mexican War? Options: The Oregon Territory conflict, Another slave state would be added, It stopped Manifest Destiny, It violated the Missouri Compromise

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Another slave state would be added

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How did Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau protest the Mexican War?

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He refused to pay his taxes.

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What started the Mexican War? Options: The Louisiana Purchase, Border dispute with Mexico (Rio Grande v. the Nueces Rivers), The Adams Onis Treaty, California Gold Rush

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Border dispute with Mexico (Rio Grande v. the Nueces Rivers)

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What ended the Mexican American war also known as the Mexican Cession?

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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What happened in 1849?

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California Gold Rush