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cotten gin
a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds -
Manifest Destiny
the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
The Louisiana Purchase
the perchuse of land by the untied states of america from france. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
to ecplore and map the newly acquired land -
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The Oregon Trail
a 2,200-mile historic east-west large wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon -
War of 1812
it lasted for two yeas and was fought between the untied states of america and great britian -
John Fremont
was an American military officer, explorer, and politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. -
daniel boone
Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
the removal of native americans from their homwland -
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Texas Revolution
was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists, most of whom were land owners from the United States -
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
an American physician and missionary in the Oregon Country. Along with his wife Narcissa Whitman, he started a mission to the Cayuse in what is now southeastern Washington state in 1836 -
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The Mexican War
an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico -
The Donner Party
a group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train. Delayed by a series of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–47 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada. Some of the immigrants resorted to cannibalism to survive, eating those who had succumbed to starvation and sickness. -
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The California Gold Rush
1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.[1] All told, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. -
the battle of little bighorn
Lt. Colonel George Custer lead his men into a battle that was not supposed to fight against the native american tribes Sioux and Cheyenne and he was over run and killed along side his men -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
while chasing down chief big foot the army chased them to tthe edge of the wounded knee camp and while the amry officers spoke with chief big foot the army opened fire on the native americans killing everyone from men and women to childern
