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The Texas uprising against Mexico was characterized by
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An alliance between Americans and Tejanos.
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By 1848, the United States had gained all of the following territories EXCEPT
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Alaska
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One of the most important factors in the exploration of the West was the
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Fur trade
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The Lewis and Clark expedition was financed by
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The federal government
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American fur traders joined in a yearly trade fair in the Rockies characterized by the polyglot collection of many nationalities called
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Rendezvou
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The justification for the western removal of the Indians was
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Indians needed a space where they could live undisturbed by whites.
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Which one of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three?
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Karl bodmer
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The outcome of Indian removal in the southern part of Indian Territory in the 1830s-1850s was
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Successful creation of new communities and self-government.
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Americans justified their restless expansion in all of the following ways EXCEPT this:
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Canada and Mexico should belong to the United States.
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While challenged by other historians, popular opinion supports the view of frontier historian, Frederick Jackson
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Shaped Americans into a uniquely optimistic democratic people.
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Pioneers were motivated to move west for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
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A desire for rural life to counterbalance industrialization.
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Which one of the following was NOT a major cause of death on the Overland Trails
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Indians
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Generally, pioneers traveling the Overland Trails in the 1840s and 1850s were
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Traveling in larger groups for safety and for help fording rivers and crossing mountains.
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From the 1780s to about 1810, the dominant industry in the Oregon Territory was
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Fur trade
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The United States gained the Oregon Territory south of the 49th parallel
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Through a treaty with Great Britain.
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