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Katherine Robles
Question | Answer |
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the 1803 purchase by the United Statesof France's Louisiana Territory- extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains | Lousiana Purchase |
interpreter and guide of Lewis' and Clark's expedition | Sacajawea |
the treaty requiring the Sioux to live on a reservation along the Missouri river | Treaty of Fort Laramie |
belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into MExican territory | Manifest Destiny |
route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, used by pioneers traveling to the Oregon Territory. | Oregon Trail |
members of a church founded by Joseph Smith and his associates in 1830 | Mormons |
founder of the Mormon church | Joseph Smith |
Joseph Smiths' succesor who decided to move his followers beyond the boundaries of the United States | Brigham Young |
the 1836 rebellion in which Texas gained its independence from Mexico | Texas Revolution |
the nation established in 1836 when American settlers in the Mexican province of Tejas declared and fought for their independence, also commonly known at that time as the 'Lone Star Republic' | Republic of Texas |
to incorporate a territory into an existing political unit such as a state or nation | Annex |