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22 Cards in this Set
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Manifest Destiny
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An imperialistic concept of having the inherent right to expand and take over land, specifically westward expansion.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Future president, drafted the Declaration of Independence, and made the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon
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Louisiana Purchase
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Huge area of land purchased by Thomas Jefferson from Napoleon in 1803
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Diplomacy
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Any negotiation between foreign nations
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Andrew Jackson
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Future president, invaded Florida against orders, partially what convinced Spain to leave that territory
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Stephen F. Austin
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First legitimate and successful American colonizer of Texas, brought about 300 families to his colony
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Annex
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To add territory or piece of land to a country
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Treaty of 1846
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The treaty between the United States and Great Britain that divided the territory of Oregon between the two countries at the 49th Parallel
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Mexican-American War
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The war between Mexico and America over the United State's attempt to possess the California area and Southern Texas area
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Treaty that ended the Mexican-American war, which include the Mexican Cession, the release of the western area of America and the bottom of Texas
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Anaconda Plan
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The North's plan for the Civil War, involving blocking the South's ports and dividing the Confederacy at the Mississippi river
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Battle of Bull Run
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The first battle of the Civil War, resulting in a very unexpected Southern victory
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Ulysses S. Grant
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A successful war general during the Civil War, most famous for his victory at Vicksburg which carried out the Anaconda Plan
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Robert E. Lee
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Leader of the Confederate armies during several battles including Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg
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Battle of Antietam
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The bloodiest one day battle in American history, recent rifle technology made it possible for people to be killed from hundreds of yards away. So many died on each side that there was no conclusive winner
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Emancipation Proclamation
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A law made by Abraham Lincoln that declared all slaves in Confederate territory to be free
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Battle of Gettysburg
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A battle that resulted in a Union victory after the South tried to invade the North. A turning point, because the South could no longer do anything but defend because of their loss of soldiers
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Merrimac and the Monitor
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Two of the first armored ships, neither was able to defeat the other because of the iron-plated sides. Revolutionized naval ship design
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Battle of Vicksburg
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When Ulysses S. Grant led his army into the South and gained control of the Mississippi River, dividing the Confederacy in two
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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Union general who was famous for employing "total war"
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Total War
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A military strategy in which all resources useful to the opponent are destroyed and any soldier or civilian of the opponent is killed.
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Appomattox
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One of the final battles of the Civil War, resulting in Robert E. Lee's surrender
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