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Social studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ways U.S expanded | Claimed Oregon Northwest Territory (Ohio, Wis. , Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois to enter U.S territory) Slavery- free states Louisiana Purchase- Purchased by President Jefferson from France ( Napoleon Bonaparte) * Mississippi River to Rocky Mts* |
| Texas independence | Southern cotton farmers ^Moved to Texas -good soil - bo weevil (insect) - Led by Stephen Austin Alamo was fought because the Mexicans were forced to worship the Roman Catholic church and the general banned slavery |
| Continental divide | Mountain ridge that separates river systems flowing towards opposite sides of a continent |
| Sam Houston | Led the Texas army, and later became the president |
| Immigration | -Mexico banned Americans from going into Mexico; The U.S put a travel ban on a lot of countries to stop them from coming - People (immigrants) are being deported from the Delete repeated word |
| The Mexican government classed with Americans and it citizens - a lot of people today are starting riots and protests against Trump and the U.S government decisions. | |
| Religion | - In Mexico, it was law to worship the Roman Catholic Church, and most Americans were Protestants. -Today we have freedom of religion so people can choose; some people are discriminated for their religion |
| Mormons | Joseph Smith (first leader) - moved to Utah to Find Gold * Brigham young became the new leader -moved to an isolated valley for a good home |
| California Gold Rush (1848-1849) | Founded by John Sutter - found north of Sacramento California - 80000 people from Europe -most people went broke by trying to make their fortunes; only a few became rich |
| Manifest Destiny | Belief that the United States had the right to the Pacific. |
| Chinese Americans | Discriminated because they were very successful miners |
| Mexican Americans | lost the land they owned for generations |
| Native Americans | were driven off their lands, died of starvation and disease, and some were murdered, only 17000 of 100000 were left. |
| African Americans | Were denied certain rights, and were turned into slaves even if they were free. |
| Fourty Niners | China, Australia, South American, and America were called the forty niners (came in 1949) |
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