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baam
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rocket
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gift
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banana
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What are presidios?
a military post or settlement
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What increased the pioneers' fear of Native American attacks?
experiences recorded by mountainmen and Mormon leaders
fiction about the West that exaggerated such accounts
refusal of Native Americans to trade with pioneers
distinctive customs of Native Americans on the trail
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Who were mountain men?
the American fur trappers and explorers who began to explore and move west
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Briefly explain President Polkâs policy toward the Oregon Territory.
Polk believed that the United States should take complete control of the territory up to the latitude of 54° 40'.
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Who led an expedition to discover the headwaters of the Arkansas River?
Zebulon Pike
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Where did both the Santa Fe Trail and Oregon Trail begin?
Independence, Missouri
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What is a margin?
the amount by which something is won or lost
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thief
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gift
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gift
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lifesaver
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Why do you think that most Texans favored annexation by the United States, even after Texas won independence from Mexico?
Texans did not have an established economy. They also realized that they were still vulnerable to additional Mexican attacks.
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banana
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magnet
Take 5 points!
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shark
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By 1860, about how many people had settled in Oregon?
300,000
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52,000
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monster
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seesaw
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shark
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baam
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What is indivdualism?
self-reliant independence
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What is manifest destiny?
the idea that the United States had the right and the obligation to expand its territory across North America to the Pacific Ocean
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Define annex.
to add
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