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Documents, Places, Groups of People, etc.

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo   the 1848 treaty ending the U.S. war with Mexico, where the U.S. acquired California and New Mexico  
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Rio Grande   the body of water separating the U.S. and Mexico  
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Oregon Trail   a route from Missouri to Oregon used by pioneers traveling to the Oregon Territory  
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Empresarios   agents who gave land grants to people for cheap prices  
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Cult of Domesticity   the belief that married women should restrict their activities to their home and family  
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XYZ Affair   a 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats  
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War of 1812   British impressment of U.S. ships, gave indians weapons, and tried to ruin foreign trade  
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Abolitionists   people who want to end slavery  
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Treaty of Fort Laramie   the treaty requiring the Sioux to live on reservations along the Missouri River  
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Santa Fe Trail   a route from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico- used by traders in the 1800s  
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Gold Rush   the movement where many people moved to the region where gold was discovered  
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Nat Turner's Rebellion   rebellion where four plantations were attacked- 60 white people killed, and nearly 200 black people killed after the occasion  
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Monroe Doctrine   the policy of U.S. opposition to European interference in the Western Hemisphere  
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Mormons   members of a church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830  
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Trail of Tears   the march in which the Cherokees were removed from Georgia to Indian Territory, thousands dying along the way  
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nullification   a state's refusal to recognize an act of congress as unconstitutional  
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tariff of abominations   the 1828 tariff that seemed to enrich the North at the Southerner's expense  
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sectionalism   placing the interests of a region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole  
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doctrine of neutrality   washington's decision to stay out of the French Revolution  
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