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Oregon Trail Most Active
Major groups left there homes and it caught a lot of farmers attention. 90,000 migrated and 5,000 died on the way -
Black Hawk’s War
Forced tribes to cede land that was promised in a treaty -
Battle of the Alamo
A large army was raised to cruch the American rebellion.The Mexican destroyed the defenders of the Alamo -
Mormon Migration to Utah
The Mormons were founded by Joseph Smith.The Mormons wanted relocate after Smith was killed by a mob -
Presidency of James K. Polk
Wanted to add California and New Mexico and was willing to do so by any means. Was interested in adding Texas -
Texas becomes independent state
The Mexican army was defeated and it established independence for Texas -
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Mexican-American War
The Mexicans attacked the U.S. first at a fort in Rio Grande and that's what started the war -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
In the treaty the U.S. got California,Arizona,Utah,New Mexico and Nevada.The U.S paid the Mexicans $15 million -
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California Gold Rush
Gold was discover in 1848 which triggered a lot of people to rush over to California to get the gold. About 100,000- 400,000 -
Fort Laramie Treaty
The treaty tried to make boundaries for tribes and offering them $50,000 a year -
Gadsden Purchase
Established the final borders of the lower 48 states
