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AH M2L6 Key Terms

American History Module 2 Lesson 6 Key Terms

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Election of 1844 Presidential election won by James K. Polk.
Erie Canal Project to link the Hudson river to Lake Erie, causing New York City to become a major economic center on the east coast.
Internal Improvements Proposed by Henry Clay's “American System” to focus on infrastructure like canals, railroads, roads, and harbors.
Manifest Destiny The belief that the United States had a divine right to control the lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Missouri Compromise Added new states to the Union. Missouri was added and allowed slavery while Maine was added as a free state. The compromise also declared that future territories settled north of Missouri’s border would ban slavery.
James K. Polk 11th President of the United States who promoted westward expansion.
Oregon Treaty Settlement between the U.S. and Great Britain over the northwest territory or Oregon. Established the 49th parallel as the formal border between the land occupied by the two sides.
Oregon Trail Route between Missouri and Oregon that became one of two main routes to the American West.
Brigham Young Mormon leader who proposed the trek to settle near the Great Salt Lake in search for religious freedom.
Texas Declared independence from Mexico in 1836, and demanded annexation by the United States.
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