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south carolina senator who believed that if the US was patient and avoided unncecessary wars, it would become the strongest nation in the world
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John Calhoun
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president who urged congress to declare a war on mexico after the mexican soldiers attacked some US soldiers
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James Polk
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US general who marched troops into the Rio Grande and Palo Alto
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Zachary Taylor
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became the president in 1841 and was a pro-slavery whig
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John Tyler
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belief that the US should expand to the Pacific Ocean
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manifest destiny
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discovered gold while working in Sutter's Mill
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James Marshal
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revolt against Californios by a small group of americans who declared california to be an independent nation
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bear flag revolt
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US general who calimed the entire territory of new mexico for the us and prepared to march to Cali
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Stephen Kearny
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south carolina senator who believed that if the US was patient and avoided unncecessary wars, it would become the strongest nation in the world
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John Calhoun
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president who urged congress to declare a war on mexico after the mexican soldiers attacked some US soldiers
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James Polk
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US general who marched troops into the Rio Grande and Palo Alto
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Zachary Taylor
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became the president in 1841 and was a pro-slavery whig
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John Tyler
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belief that the US should expand to the Pacific Ocean
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manifest destiny
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people who came to California hoping to strike rich
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forty-niners
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head of the Mormon Church
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Bringham Young
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to search for gold
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prospect
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transcendentalist who was so upset by the war that he went to jail rather that paying his taxes
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henry david thoreau
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transcendentalist who predected that the disagreements over the Mexican War would divide Americans
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ralph waldo emerson
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