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Manifest Destiny

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show Founding Father; Strengthened Foreign Policy; President during Era of Good Feelings (5th)  
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Monroe Doctrine   show
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show identification with one's own nation and support for its interests  
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Andrew Jackson   show
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Indian Removal Act   show
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Indian Territory   show
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John Ross   show
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show A series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans in the United States from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern US to west of Mississippi/"Indian Territory."  
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Era of Good Feelings   show
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show The transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.  
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Erie Canal   show
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Cotton Gin   show
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Samuel Slater   show
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show He invented the power loom and the processes of spinning and weaving cotton cloth under one roof (factory).  
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show He designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship.  
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Steam Engine   show
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show Sam Houston led the Texas army to defeat the troops of Santa Anna at the Battle of Jacinto. The Treaties of Velasco are signed and officially gives Texas its independence  
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Stephen F. Austin   show
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James K Polk   show
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show Between the US and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, helped to fulfill America's "manifest destiny" to expand its territory across the entire North American continent.  
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Bear Flag Revolt   show
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show Ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States. Mexico also gave up all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as America's southern boundary.  
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show A route used during the U.S. westward migrations, especially in the period from 1840 to 1860, starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon.  
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show Members of the Church of Jesus and Latter Day Saints that was founded in the 1820s in New York.  
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show Second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who founded Salt Lake City and he served as the first governor of the Utah Territory.  
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Gold Rush   show
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Forty-Niners   show
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