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U.S. History Survey
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The Age of Westward Expansion
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Notes #10 {Chaps. 12 and 14}
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I. Westward Expansion
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“Manifest Destiny”
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II. The Question of Texas
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Texas Revolution (1835-1836)
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Rio Grande river
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The Republic of Texas (1836-1845)
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Texas annexed by Joint Resolution of the Senate –March, 1845
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III. The Administration of James K. Polk (1845-1849)
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The Oregon Question
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Joint Occupation Agreement (1818)
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The Oregon Treaty (1846)
-49th Parallel
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The Mexican-American War (1846-1847)
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Nueces River
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Rio Grande River
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)
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IV. The National Debate over the future of the “Mexican Cession”
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Wilmot Proviso (1846)
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“Free Soil”
o The California Gold Rush of 1849
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V. The Compromise of 1850
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Henry Clay’s Package of Proposals: