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This was lead to the Mexican American war and then later gave america more lands such as; Texas,California, Arizona.

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The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress and triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free.

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The Oregon Trial spanned part of the future state of Kansas, ad nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming.The trail was opened in 1842 and 3 years later more than 3,000 immigrants traveled from many cities on the Missouri river to Oregon country to reach western United States.

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In 1830 Congress, urged on by President Andrew Jackson, passed the Indian Removal act. It gave the federal government the power to relocate any Native American to the east territory that was the west of the Mississippi River.

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Crops of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. It began near St Louis, made its way westward, and passed through the continental divide to reach the Pacific coast.

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The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

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Who: James k polk
Where: Texas
When:1945
How? Texas has asked for it.
Why: Mexico declared war.

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The California gold rush was a big deal to many people. After people found out about the gold rush they left their home to be able to go to the gold fields.