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| President Andrew Jackson | Nicknames include "King Andrew", "Old Hickory", and the "Hero of New Orleans" |
| Sam Houston | President of the Republic of Texas (Lone Star Republic) before it was part of the United States |
| Sequoia (Sequoya) | Cherokee who developed a written alphabet |
| DeWitt Clinton | New York Governor who was the driving force behind the Erie Canal |
| President James K Polk | Known as the Expansionist President |
| Osceola | Seminole Chief who died in an American prison after he surrendered |
| Brigham Young | chose Salt Lake, Utah as the new home for the Mormons because its isolation allowed Mormons to practice their religion freely |
| Erie Canal | links Albany to Buffalo allowing for increased trade and transportation |
| Oregon | Rather than "54-40" or Fight" the United States got this territory through compromise with Britain |
| California | Settled by young, single men who hoped to find gold |
| Texas | it first belonged to Mexico, then Americans led by Stephen Austin settled, these settlers fought for independence, it became its own country, then it became a state in the USA |
| Utah | Settled by Mormons looking to escape religious persecution |
