American history grade 8

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Chapter 12

• American history grade 8

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The Oregon Country

• Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
• U.S., Great Britain, Spain, Russia
• Mountain Men traders, trappers, guides
• Missionaries, Oregon Trail Life

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The Oregon Territory

• Freedom
• Manifest Destiny
• Fifty-four forty or Fight
• Settlement

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Independence for Texas

• Cultures
• Independence struggle
• Texas becomes a state

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New Mexico California

• After 1821
• U.S. interest in California
• John C. Fremont

• Santa Fe Trail
• CAs Spanish culture
• Missions

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War with Mexico
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California and Utah

• Religious Utah
• First Mormons
• Salt Lake City
• Utah - state

• Gold Rush
• Forty-niners
• Boomtowns
• A hard life

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Gold Rush Society

• Miners many inexperienced
• Merchants rich
• Vigilantes took law into own hands.

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Mormons

• Joseph Smith NY
• Move to Illinois
• Brigham Young
• Salt Lake City

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Open Response Topics

• Life of the Mountain Men
• Gold Rush Society Miners, Merchants, and
  Vigilantes