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manifest destiny

belief that God wanted the us to expand and own all of north America

treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

treaty that ended the mexican-americn war

annexation of Texas

james k polk pushed for Texas to join us

49ers

miners that headed west to cali for gold

antonio lopez de Santa Anna

a couo in Mexico brought him to power as a dictator

freedmen

former slaves who attempted revolts against slavery

abolotionists

people against slavey

declaration of sentiments

women’s version of the decl. of indep. declaring their rights

nat turner

a slave that carried out a revolt. caused it to be illegal for slaves to teach each other to read and write

suffrage

the right to vote

sam houston

first president of Texas

emancipation

the freeing of slaves

expansionists

people who favored territorial growth

wilmot proviso

made a proposal in Congress to prevent any slave states to be added to the us, didn’t work for 10 years

seneca falls convention

made to discuss and bring awareness to womens rights

underground railroad

escape routes from the south to the north for slaves

dorthea dix

discovered that mentally handicapped were being held in prison with hard criminals, pushed to fight it

the Alamo

battle where Santa Anna killed a bunch of Texans