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Module 12 lesson 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bear Flag Revolt | a revolt against Mexico by American settlers in California who declared the territory an independent republic |
| Gadsden Purchase | U.S. purchase of land from Mexico that included the southern parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico |
| Vaqueros | Mexican cowboys in the West who tended cattle and horses |
| James K. Polk | Eleventh president of the United States, he settled the Oregon boundary with Great Britain and successfully conducted the Mexican-American |
| Element | Basic part |
| In 1845 he promoted the idea that it was the manifest destiny of the United States to settle all the way to the Pacific Ocean | John O'Sullivan |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | a treaty that ended the Mexican-American War and gave the United States much of Mexico’s northern territory |
| Manifest Destiny | a belief shared by many Americans in the mid-1800s that the United States should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean |
| Spanish colonists in California in the 1800s | |
| Where did the Mexican-American War start? | Nueces River |
| What decisions did the U.S. government need to decide in the newly acquired territories | Allow slavery |
| What area did the U.S. gain as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe HIdalgo? | Mexican Cession |
| The benefits of the Texas War for Independence and the Mexican-American War for the United States | destiny and land expansion |
| Californios |
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