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Jackson promises to expand nation westward
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Americans start to believe that it is God's will for them to expand their boundaries westward
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American Indians are forced out of their land for whites to settle.
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Texas fights for independence from Mexico and wins.
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Term is coined
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A case that would create much controversy.
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Mexico and America fought over Texas.
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Law passed that said any escaped slave in a free state must be arrested and tried.
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Gave Nebraska and Kansas right to choose whether or not to be admitted as a free state or slave state.
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Supreme Court ruled that no African American, slave or free, had the right to be an American citizen.