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Manifest Destiny
Vocabulary Practice
Term | Definition |
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Compromise of 1850 | California enters the United States as a free state; Slave trade ends in Washington DC, Strict Fugitive Slave Law requiring people to return escaped slaves |
Gadsden Purchase | Small piece of land bought from Mexico to allow the building of the Transcontinental Railroad |
Gold Rush | The discovery of Gold at Sutter’s Mill sent people to California called the 49ers in search of a way to get rich |
Mexican Cession | The land ceded to the United States as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
Oregon | Negotiations between the United States and England gave the United States part of the Oregon Territory |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Officially ended the U.S and Mexican War |
U.S.-Mexican War | A war between the United States and Mexico that was sparked by the Annexation of Texas to the United States |
admitted | To allow (a person, country or organization) to join an organization or group |
annexation |