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The 19th century doctrine that made for United States expansion to the West to spread religion, knowledge, and take over land.
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Treaty that resolved the border issues between U.S. and British North America. John Tyler signed this Treaty and resolved the Aroostook War.
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Armed conflict between U.S and Mexico over the dispute of the annexation of Texas. The United States would win and gain Mexican property such as the Mexican Cession and Texas
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This treaty ended the Mexican American war and made for United States to gain California, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado, Whyoming, New Mexico,and Arizona
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Conflicts between Native Americans and the European Americans where U.S. would gain land/ control over the Mississippi River and the Rocky mountains
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Signed by President Abe Lincoln, this act encouraged Western immigration and provided settlers with 160 acres of public land. This helped U.S. with labor and increased economic production.
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A 675- man U.S. force attacked and destroyed the village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans led by John Chivington.
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U.S. bought Alaska from Russia and the Treaty that sold Alaska was signed by Secretary of state William Seward. Critics then called it Seward's Folly.
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AKA " Custer's Last Stand" . An armed battle where Colonel Custer and his troops invaded the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians and Custer was overwhelmed with the number of troops and led to a Native American Victory
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Late 19th century practice that helped the U.S. to justify imperialism, and expansion.
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Helen Hunt Jackson non fiction novel that showed the experiencs of Native Americans during the American Indian Wars.
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Authorized the President of the United States to survey Native Americans about their land and division assignments.
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The final chapter in the United States and Native American West where U.S.invaded the South Dakota natives land and Arrested"Big Foot" and took over while killing women and children
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