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Martin Van Buren
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William Henry Harrison
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John Tyler
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Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was important in American History because it gave people more opportunity, and land to live and work on. Without this trail most of the West might not be apart of the United States because we would not have been able to cultivate it into the pop-culture, and money-making area it has become today. -
John Stutter
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The Wagon Trail
The wave of migration that started in 1843, it consisted of 900 people, split through California and Oregon. -
Telegraph
The Telegraph (1844) The First Telegraph line was established by Morse Code -
James K. Polk
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The Mexican War
President Polk was a Democrat and Declared war on Mexico May 13,1846. The war didn't end till February 2, 1848. -
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California Gold Rush.
The California Gold Rush impacted San Francisco and California. San Francisco grew from a small settlement to a city with schools, churches, and roads. California became a state in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850. -
Zachary Taylor
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Independence from Mexico.
Texas Win Freedom from Mexico
