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A series of religious revivals swept the United States from the 1790s and into the 1830s that transformed the religious looks of the country.
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From about 1811-1840 the Oregon Trail was laid down by traders and fur trappers. It could only be traveled by horseback or on foot.
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In 1836, the first of the migrant train of wagons was put together.
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The Mexican Cession was due to the war with Mexico ending in Mexico surrendering the territories know today as California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
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After the word of gold in California in 1851 the Chinese gold seekers arrived in California in great numbers. Soon, they took up about a fifth of the entire population in mining areas.
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By the 1870's, the Chinese faced discrimination and outright violence because the Americans claimed the gold was there right to mine.