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US, Great Britain, Spain, and Russia
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Countries who owned part of the Oregon Territory
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made a living by trapping beavers for the fur trade but also served as guides for pioneers
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Mountain Men
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US, Great Britain, Spain, and Russia
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made a living by trapping beavers for the fur trade but also served as guides for pioneers
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campaigned against Great Britain over Oregon territory
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annexed Texas
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Mexican-owned ranches in the South that employed Native Americans to work on the land in exchange for food and shelter
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Great Britain challenged the US for a very long time over ownership of the Oregon territory and finally agreed to settle in the region together
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lived in the west and worked as guides
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first he was the commander of Texan forces in the Mexican-American War, and then became President of Texas after the region won independence from Mexico
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declared its independence from Mexico
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the president under which the US was at war with Mexico
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refused to annex Texas because Texas allowed slavery, and adding a slave state to the US would upset the balance of slave states and free states in Congress--causing a problem for the country
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people looking for gold, called that because they arrived in California in 1849
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took the law into their own hands and acted as police, judge, and executioner
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route to western lands
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Mexicans living in California
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Mexicans living in Texas
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the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) and writer of the Book of Mormons
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single largest migration in the United States history