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Open Stax: The Mexican American War, 1846 1848 eBookOpen Stax: The Mexican American War, 1846 1848 eBook
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OpenStax
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11th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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eBooks
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1220L
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Open Stax: The Mexican American War, 1846 1848

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After reading this section of a chapter on "Westward Expansion," students will be able to identify the causes of the Mexican-American War and describe the outcomes of the war in 1848 and the effect of the California Gold Rush on westward expansion.

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westward expansion

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california gold rush, james polk, mexican cession, openstax: the mexican-american war, 1846-1848, mexican war (1846-1848)

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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