Step Two: Explain Why It Matters
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CHAPTER 12 STUDY GUIDE
EXPLAIN WHY IT MATTERS
Put your reading into practice. Identify each term below, and then explain why it matters in U.S. history.
| TERM | WHO OR WHAT & WHEN | WHY IT MATTERS |
| mechanical reapers (p. 329) | ||
| American system (p. 329) | ||
| manifest destiny (p. 337) | ||
| Oregon Trail (p. 337) | ||
| Mormons (p. 339) | ||
| Lone Star Republic (p. 341) | ||
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (p. 346) | ||
| California gold rush (p. 347) | ||
| Oneida community (p. 351) | ||
| Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments (p. 352) | ||
| American Colonization Society (p. 353) | ||
| underground railroad (p. 354) |