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U.S. History Awow15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Louisiana Purchase | the purchase of a bunch of land for the price of 3 cents an acre |
| Sacajawea | was a Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, |
| Manifest Destiny | Manifest Destiny was the belief widely held by Americans in the 19th century that the United States was destined to expand across the continent. |
| Treaty of Fort Laramie | was signed on September 17 between United States treaty commissioners and representatives of the Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara nations. |
| Santa Fe Trail | The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
| Oregon Trail | The Oregon Trail is a 2,000-mile (3,200 km) historic east-west wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon and locations in between. |
| Mormons | Mormons ( /ˈmɔrmənz/) are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement, which began with the visions of Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. |
| Joseph Smith | Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, whose predominant branch is Mormonism |
| Brigham Young | Brigham Young ( /ˈbrɪɡəm/; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. |
| Texas Revoulution | The Texas Revolution, also known as the Texas War of Independence, was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists that began 2 October 1835 and resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Texas. |
| Republic of Texas | The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign state in North America which existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. |
| Annex | Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the de jure incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous). |
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