American History Midterm  Created by lindsaycoles97   Upgrade to
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of slavery.  Texas was annexed to the United States as a result
of  President Tyler's desire to help his troubled
administration.  Arrange in chronological order the United
States' acquisition of Oregon, Texas, and California  Texas,
Oregon, California    In the 1840s, the view that God had
ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across
North American was called  Manifest Destiny.  In the Oregon
treaty with Britain in 1846, the northern boundary of the United
States was established to the Pacific Ocean along the line of
One reason that the British government decided to compromise on
the Oregon Country border was  the fear of war with the United
States.  In his quest for California, President James K. Polk
first advocated buying the area from Mexico.  President Polk's
claim that "American blood (had been shed) on the American soil"
referred to news of an armed clash be