Mexican American War and Gold Rush

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Who was the President of America during the Mexican American War?

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James K Polk

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What was a cause of the Mexican American War? Texas becoming the 28th state of America, Texas being invaded by Mexico while it was an American state, Texas wanting to break away from America and be its own state, Texas wanting to break away from America and be a Mexican State

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Texas becoming the 28th state of America

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What happened in California in 1848?

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Gold was found

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What happened as a result of the Gold Rush?

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Woman had more responsibility, There were more immigrants in America, Thousands of people migrated to the Western territories.

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What is one issue that happens after the Mexican American War?

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There is a debate on whether or not the new territories should be slave states or non slave states

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Why was the gold rush significant?

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Many people now lived and occupied the territory out west

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Manifest Destiny meant

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it is God's plan for the Americans to take over the entire continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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The slogan that stood for America expanding into present day Canada, north of the Oregon Territory is known as

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Fifty Four Forty or Fight!

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The Monroe Doctrine stated that...

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Europe should stay out of the Americas

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The Louisiana Purchase allowed our nation to

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expand even further westward