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Daniel Boone
In 1769, Daniel Boone led an expedition and had discovered a trail that lead through the Cumberland Gap. -
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Eli Whitney
1794 he patented the cotton gin because green-cotton was available however it took hours for people to harvest it. -
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Marcus Whitman
A physician and missionary in Oregon County -
Louisiana Purchase
Was a land deal between the United States and France. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Thomas Jefferson asked Congress to fund an expedition that would cross the Louisiana territory and to the Pacific. -
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Narcissa Whitman
A missionary in Oregon County. She was the first European-American woman to cross the Rocky Mountains in 1836. -
War of 1812
Was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain. Great Britain was interfering with international trade and American wanting to expand led Congress to declare war on Great Britain. -
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John Frémont
The first candidate of the anti slavery Republican Party. -
Oregon Trail
Was a route that wagons took that connected to the Missouri River valley. -
Texas Revolution
Fought with the Mexican government. -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
Federal governments forced many Natives to leave their homes and walk across the Mississippi River. Many people weren't able to make the journey and that is why it is know as the Trail of Tears. -
Manifest Destiny
A belief the settlers had to expand. -
The Mexican War
U.S armed conflict between foreign land. -
The Donner Party
Pioneer group made up of Americans. That had made a journey to California by wagon. -
The California Gold Rush
James Wilson Marshall had discovered gold flakes while working on a mill. He tried to keep it secret but the news spread like wild fire. In 1849 people sold their property and borrowed money to make a journey to California in hopes that they would become rich, -
The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand)
The Indians and Americans fought for land in Montana. -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee