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French and Indian War
The British won over the French and gained control of North America. -
Manifest Destiny
Belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
Louisiana Purchase
The purchase by the United States from France of the huge Louisiana Territory in 1803. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
They wanted to explore unknown western lands, trade with the natives, and establish sovereignty. -
War of 1812
A war between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815. -
Monroe Doctrine
Was first stated by the fifth American President James Monroe during the State of the Union Address to Congress; his seventh in a row on December 2, 1823 -
Indian Removal Act
This allowed the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands. -
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Battle of the Alamo
Along the San Antonio River, the Mission San Antonio de Valero existed and the missionaries were forced to leave when Spanish and Mexican soldiers started to use it for military purposes. It was called the Alamo because of the cottonwood trees around it. -
Oregon Trail
Served as a critical transportation route for emigrants traveling from Missouri to Oregon and other points west during the mid-1800s. They came because of promises of gold and rich farmlands, but they were also motivated by difficult economic times in the east and diseases. -
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Mexican American War
The Mexican government did not agree with Texas becoming a part of the US so they attacked. -
Oregon Territory
Land claimed by both the United States and Great Britain. -
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California Gold Rush
Someone found gold in California and when word got around, a whole bunch of people from the rest of the country came to California in hopes of finding some gold of their own. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed citizens in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide locally whether to allow slavery. -
Pony Express
A system of mail service by relays of riders on horses, established in 1860 between Missouri and California, through the Rocky Mountains. -
Homestead Act
A special act of Congress that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms. -
Transcontinental Railroad
A train route across the United States, finished in 1869 -
Sand Creek Massacre
On November 29, 1864, seven hundred members of the Colorado Territory militia embarked on an attack of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian villages. -
The Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was an event of migration by an estimated 100,000 people prospecting to the Klondike region of north-western Canada in the Yukon region between 1896 and 1899. It’s also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Last Great Gold Rush and the Alaska Gold Rush.
