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When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:
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Describe the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and how it was used to justify American expansion. |
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Describe the situation in the Mexican borderlands before 1846 and the establishment of the Texas Republic. |
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Describe important features of the Overland Trail experience and of the different societies established in the Far West. |
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Discuss the political origins of the expansion movement, the outbreak of the Mexican War, and the territories added between 1845 and 1848. |
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Explain the rise of the issue of slavery expansion and its relationship to the Mexican War. |
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State the terms of the Compromise of 1850 and its significance. |