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* timeline here<br><br>
* timeline here<br><br>
* 1842 Webster–Ashburton Treaty<br><br>
* 1842 Webster–Ashburton Treaty<br><br>
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* 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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<>big>'''Mexican-American War'''</big><br>br>
<>big>'''Mexican-American War'''</big><br>br>
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* 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
 
<big>'''Gold Rush of 1849'''</big>
<big>'''Gold Rush of 1849'''</big>
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Western expansion leads to Mexican-American war  
Western expansion leads to Mexican-American war  
Manifest Destiny
=== Manifest Destiny ===
> Manifest -= plain, easy to see, clear + Destiny = going to happen
> Manifest -= plain, easy to see, clear + Destiny = going to happen
  >> to move westward
  >> to move westward
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>> v. Indians and Spain / Mexico
>> v. Indians and Spain / Mexico
= notion that the nation will expand and it is good and right
= notion that the nation will expand and it is good and right
also:
 
=== Mexican-American War ===
* '''Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo''', 1848
 
Gold Rush of 1849
Gold Rush of 1849
Effects: transportation, movement, banking (also slavery tensions)
Effects: transportation, movement, banking (also slavery tensions)
   > political activism, especially in response to Compromise of 1850
   > political activism, especially in response to Compromise of 1850
> American anti-slavery society
> American anti-slavery society
   >> William Lloyd Garrison< abolitionist leader, publisher
   >> William Lloyd Garrison< abolitionist leader, publisher
     >> inspired by David Walker, a free black in Boston in 1820s
     >> inspired by David Walker, a free black in Boston in 1820s
> Frederic Douglass
> Frederic Douglass
  > Harriett Tubman
  > Harriett Tubman