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Daniel Boone
An American frontiersman and explorer. a skilled hunter, trapper, and trailblazer. Led an expedition and discovered a trail to the far west though the Cumberland Gap. In 1775, he settled an area he called Boonesborough in Kentucky, but faced Indian resistance. -
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Eli Whitney
American inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer. Created the cotton gin, developed the concept for mass production of interchangeable parts. -
Louisiana Purchase
for a purchase price of $15 million, the United States increased its size by some 828,000 square miles. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant Willam Clark led a group of military men to explore the Louisiana purchase -
War of 1812
The U.S and Great Britain fought over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of the Treaty of Ghent. -
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John Fremont
American military officer and an early explorer and mapmaker of the American West. He also ran for president in 1856 but didn't get it. -
Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
The Indian Removal Act gave the government power to move the Native Americans in the east to territory that was west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands in state borders. Many Natives refused but were forced to move by the U.S governments. -
Texas Revolution
The Texas colonist and General Santa Anna led the Texas Revolution. The Texas Revolution was the military conflict between the government of Mexico. -
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman 1843-1847
Husband and wife. Their mission was to teach the Indians the gospel in the Presbyterian fashion and teach them the “arts of civilization," (Whitman.edu).Dr. Whitman treated both Indians and white settlers, and when so many Indians died despite treatment, Indian custom dictated revenge upon the medicine man. Thus the Whitman's were massacred, as well-meaning as they had been. (Whitman.edu) -
Manifest Destiny
was a widely held belief in the U.S that its people were destined to expand across North America.
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The Donner Party
About 90 emigrants went on a trail to California, on the way there Hastings thought he knew a shortcut (which was actually longer). The Donner party finally made it through the mountains and arrived at the Great Salt Lake. Hastings’ route had cost them approximately 18 days. Then it snowed trapping them in the wilderness in the freezing weather. Eventually they turned to Cannibalism to survive and only 45 of about 90 of the emigrants made it to California that year, or so the legend says. -
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The Mexican War
Between the U.S and Mexico. resulted in the United States’ acquisition of more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory extending westward. -
The California Gold Rush
The discovery of gold in the Sacramento Valley sparked the Gold Rush. Once word got out thousands of gold miners traveled to San Francisco. A total of $2 billion worth of precious metal was extracted from the area during the Gold Rush -
The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand)
pitted federal troops against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Custer's forces were outnumbered and quickly overwhelmed in what became known as Custer’s Last Stand. -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
the site of two conflicts between North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. government. In 1973, members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee for 71 days to protest conditions on the reservation. -
Oregon Trail
a major route that people took when migrating West. In 1978, the U.S. Congress officially named the trail the Oregon National Historic Trail.
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Read more at-http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/oregon_trail.php
