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Mexican War {Ans: A war fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. The United States won the war, encouraged by the feelings of many Americans that the country was accomplishing its manifest destiny of expansion.}Ellis Island {Ans: Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892}John Wilkes Booth {Ans: Assassinated Abraham Lincoln}Puritans {Ans: A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.}Louisiana Purchase {Ans: 1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.}Reconstruction {Ans: Rebuilding of the South after the Civil War}