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Louisiana Purchase
A land deal between the United States and France where the U.S. bought about 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a transportation route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. -
Battle of Alamo
key conflict as Mexican General Santa Anna defeats Texans -
Battle of San Jacinto
Texan victory led by Sam Houston--Texas Independence -
Oregon Trail
The route over which settlers traveled to Oregon in the 1840s and 1850s -
Annexation of Texas
the incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state -
Mexican-American War
war between U.S./Mexico; increase of land led to more debates of slavery expanding -
Brigham Young (Mormons)
led Mormons to Utah for religious freedom/escaping religious persecution -
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty that ended the Mexican-American war/U.S. gains western lands -
Gadsden Purchase
Southern part of New Mexico and Arizona bought from Mexico -
Fort Laramie Treaty
promised Indians control of the Central Plains- Indians agreed not to attack migrants as they crossed the Plains
