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A town which has been deserted.

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Boom towns were very violent places.

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Gold was found in California.

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The US bought the piece of land from Mexico to build a transcontinental railroad.

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It reflected Mexico's weak bargaining position which Mexico gave up 40% of their land.

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A war between The US and Mexico for Nex Mexico and California.

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It is to join another country.

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It means undeniable fate.

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A low spot in a mountain range.

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A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and migration. At lower elevations it may be called a hill pass.

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Went from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains.

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The Oregon Trail is a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) historic East-West, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of the future state of Kansas, and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming.

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A trek is a journey.

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Some of the toughest men in the country at the time. They adopted Indian ways.

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The Mexicans besieged it for 13 days finally taking it after losing half of their army.

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Texas broke away from Mexico and defeated Santa Ana's army becoming a nation eventually absorbed into the US.

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The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes.

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The road that linked Independence Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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When the state controls the church.

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They were forts the Spanish built to defend their North American territories.

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They were constantly on the move.

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They buy from someone and sell to someone else.

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Grasslands between Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains.