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Led the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Conducted the first major amphibious landing of American forces
Winfield Scott
Defeated Santa Anna's army in the Mexican War
Zachary Taylor
President who signed the resolution to annex Texas
John Tyler
Presidential slogan of "fifty-four forty or fight"
James K. Polk
The Mexican War ended in _____.
1848
The Treaty of ______ ended the Mexican War.
Guadalupe Hidalgo
The first major amphibious landing of American forces occurred here
Verzcruz
During the Mexican War, Santa Anna was defeated here
Battle of Buena Vista
Secured the boundary between British Columbia and the US
Oregon Treaty of 1846