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Westward Expansion Timeline Events
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Ghost Dance
An attempt by the Sioux to keep their culture alive. This attempt was crushed before taking much effect. -
Fulton and Livingston demonstrate Clermont
Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston display the power of the steamboat, the Clermont. -
Empresarios
The Mexican governments attempt at attracting American settlers to Texas. -
Mission
A Franciscan chapel, mainly found in Texas and California, though there were some in New Mexico. -
The Erie Canal
The Erie Canal, a route to the west, is finally completed. -
Indian Removal Act
When Jackson forced Natives out of their home. A cruel event by all means. -
Worcester v. Georgia
When a man (Worcester) claimed that Cherokee people should not be harassed. Jackson passed the Removal Act anyway. -
Trail of Tears
When Cherokee Indians were frced out of their homes due to one of Jackson's "treaties." -
Treaty of New Echota
Took a portion of Cherokee land for $5.6 million dollars. -
The Alamo
A standoff between Mexican troops and a group of rebels. A massacre, and some people say this was where Daniel Boone kicked the bucket -
The Oregon Trail
The route taken by most settlers to reach the West. -
Manifest Destiny
A phrase coined by John O'Sullivan, refering to the belief that America was destined to conquer the West for God. -
Donner Party
This was a group traveling West. Led off course by a guidebook, they resorted to cannibalism. -
Compromise of 1850
Split the US in half horinzontally so the bottom portion would be slave states and the upper half would be free, even though California was the exception. -
Santa Fe Trail
Southwestern people used this trail to move Westward instead of the Oregon trail. -
Wilmot Proviso
An amendement, which stated that slavery in the Mexican cession be banned, aside from in Texas. This passed in the House, but not Senate, and became another point of conflict for the North and South. -
Transconinental Railroad
A railroad that spanned over the continent to make access to the West much easier. -
Dawes Severalty Act
This act asked for reservations to be broken up and the Indians that accepted became citizens within a quarter of a century. -
Worcester v. Georgia
In which Worcester claimed that the Cherokee should be protected from harassment. -
Wounded Knee
In which the US Army slaughtered 300 Natives and began the war of the West.
