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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The territory sold by France to the US in 1803, comprising the western part of the Mississippi valley | Louisiana Purchase |
| Shosphone Indian guide who led the Lewis and Clark expedition across the Rockies | Sacajawea |
| The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughtout the American continents was both justified and inevitable | Manifest Destiny |
| An agreement between the United States and the Lakota nation guaranteeing the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills and further lands | Treaty of Fort Laramie |
| A historic route, established in the 1820's, from St. Louis in Missouri to Santa Fe Railroad was built in the 1870's | Santa Fe Trail |
| A route across the central and western US used mostly from 1840 until 1860 by settlers moving west. It extends about 2,000 miles from Missouri to Oregon. | Oregon Trail |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints | Mormons |
| religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 | Joseph Smith |
| religous leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith | Brigham Young |
| a military conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state | Texas Revolution |
| an independent state in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846 | Republic of Texas |
| Add to ones's own territory by appropriation | Annex |