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Chapter 8: Manifest Destiny & the Growing Nation

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Thomas Jefferson   show
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show French leader who offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States  
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show price tag of the Louisiana Purchase  
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show the art of conducting negotiations with other countries  
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Spain   show
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show territory that was yielded to the United States in exchange for $5 million in settlers' claims and honoring Spain's claims to Texas  
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Stephen F. Austin   show
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show Texans of Mexican descent  
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show head of Mexican government  
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show commander of the Texas revolutionary army  
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show Americans in Texas rebelled against the Mexican government in which an incident in a Spanish mission that turned into a bloody battle where all Texans who fought there were killed  
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"Remember the Alamo!"   show
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Texas War for Independence   show
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Lone Star Republic   show
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show how long Texas was an independent country for  
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Manifest Destiny   show
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show four countries that claimed the Oregon Territory  
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show original explorers of the Oregon Territory  
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show path discovered by Jedediah Smith that allowed for safer passage through the Rocky Mountains to get to the Oregon Territory  
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show river that Texas claimed as its border with Mexico  
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show the war with Mexico from 1846 to 1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the United States a huge region from Texas to California  
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show Mexico agreed to give up half of its territory in exchange for $15 million from the United States and promises of protection of Mexicans living in Texas  
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Mexican Cession   show
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