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A road to Independence, Missouri, to Oregon
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Compromise made by congress to please slave owners and abolishers.
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Trail from Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, used by traders in the early and mid-1800s
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Slave rebellion in Virginia where slaves killed up to 65 people.
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Early Texas settler who was arrested because of the Texas Rebellion
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Revolution in which Texas gained it's independence from Mexico
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Movement to end slavery.
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James K. Polk focuses on westward expansion and gaining Texas
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The idea that the usa would eventually spread westward and into mexican territory
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War caused by pushing american settlers and won by usa
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Treaty ending way with Mexico and fixing relations.
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Passage to freedom directed by Harriet Tubman for runaway slaves.
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Laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory.
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Slave Trade in Washington dc was banned
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this, a man has to sell a nice house slave to pay off his debt.
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Written by William Lloyd Garrison, He was a voice for abolition and wrote about it in his newspaper.
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Star used in the underground railroad for people to get their barrings. Is also known as Sirius and is the brightest star in the sky. It's so bright because its a white and medium in a binary star complex (it has a smaller white star orbiting it)
