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| 5572530954 | Manifest Destiny | expansionist movement of the pioneer spirit to move on to new land | 0 | |
| 5572532769 | Aroostook War | settlers from Maine clashed with British workers cutting trees | 1 | |
| 5572536201 | Webster-Ashborton Treaty | British got a direct land route from the Saint Lawrence River to New Brunswick and the United States got Aroostook Valley | 2 | |
| 5572541310 | Mormons | Communal organization religious group led by Joseph Smith that was forced to move several times to escape persecution | 3 | |
| 5572548144 | Brigham Young | new Mormon leader who sought an isolated haven territory that belonged to Mexico | 4 | |
| 5572551083 | Santa Anna | elected president of Mexico in 1833 and gave up the alamo | 5 | |
| 5572554188 | Sam Houston | persecuted by the Mexican army and was the military leader of the Texans | 6 | |
| 5572556602 | John Slidell | sent as an envoy to Mexico to discuss Texas and offer $25 million for California | 7 | |
| 5572560418 | Zachary Taylor | general sent South to the Rio Grande | 8 | |
| 5572563956 | Winfield Scott | sent to conquer Mexico City | 9 | |
| 5572565693 | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | United States gained full title to Texas, California, and New Mexico and paid $15 million for California and New Mexico and the Mexican government debts amounting to $3,250,000 | 10 | |
| 5572575373 | Narcisco Lopez | best known filibuster who attempted three armed landings in Cuba with small bands of Americans to start a revolt against Spanish rule | 11 | |
| 5572581009 | Franklin Pierce | sought southern expansion and offered $130 million for Cuba but Spain refused | 12 | |
| 5572584423 | Ostend Manifesto | declared that if Spain would not sell Cuba, the United States would take it by force | 13 | |
| 5572587960 | Clay-Bulwer Treaty | the United States and Britain agreed to jointly support the building of a canal through either Nicaragua or Panama | 14 | |
| 5572591619 | Matthew Perry | sailed into Tokyo harbor and eventually helped convince Japan to open relations with the rest of the world | 15 |
