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Daniel Boone
American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, frontiersman, explored and founded and settled in Kentucky -
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Eli Whitney
an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. -
Louisiana Purchase
1803 Thomas Jefferson purchases the land from France and the authority of the land goes to America. -
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Louis and Clark Expedition
first expedition to cross the western part of the U.S. -
Oregon Trail
A large trail traveling through multiple states, used by fur traders -
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war of 1812
conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights -
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John C Fremont
politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States -
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Trail of Tears
The forced removal of different natives to make room for the advancement of the U.S. -
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Texas revolution
when colonists rebelled against the Mexican governement -
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The Mexican war
was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States -
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The Donner Party
A group of pioneers who set out for California on a wagon trail -
California Gold Rush
the time when gold was found and caused a surge of people desperately looking for gold and moving to the state to attempt to find some. -
Manifest Destiny
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
Marcus was an American physician and missionary in the Oregon Country. Narcissa was an American missionary in the Oregon Country of what would become the state of Washington -
The Battle of Little Bighorn
was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
the troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota and it resulted in a large killing of lots of the tribe