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Lewis and Clark Expedition
1804-1806, In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson guided a piece of foreign diplomacy through the U.S. Senate: the purchase of Louisiana territory from France. -
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Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was a wagon road stretching 2170 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley. -
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War of 1812
A war the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. -
Daniel Boone
September 26, 1820, American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman, whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. -
Eli Whitney
January 8, 1825, American inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer,and was an inventor of a cotton gin. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
1803, was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
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Indian Removal/Trail of Tears
an agreement signed under the provisions of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 -
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
American physician and missionary in the Oregon Country -
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Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution began with the battle of Gonzales in October 1835 and ended with the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836 -
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Manifest Destiny
The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
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The Mexican War
An armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States -
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The Donner Party
A group of American pioneers led by George Donner and James F. Reed who set out for California in a wagon train in May 1846 -
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The California Gold Rush
It was a big event because gold brought lots of money -
The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand)
Commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand -
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John Fremont
American military officer and an early explorer and mapmaker of the American West -
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
An attempt to return to the days of their glory, many sought salvation in a new mysticism preached by a Paiute shaman called Wovoka.