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The Westward Expansion Timeline
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Lousiana Purchase
This is the date of when the US bought the Louisiana territory for 15 million dollars. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The explorers reach Pacific Ocean. -
Indian Removal Act
This act gave the President Jackson the right to negoiate terms with the Indians of the selling of tribal land. -
Trail of Tears
The Indians from the east were forced to move west. -
Texas Named as a State
Texas was named as a state. -
Oregon Treaty
England signs treaty giving USA Oregon territory. -
Brigham Young
Leads 5,000 Mormons to Salt Lake City, Utah, because of religious persucution. -
Mexican-American War
War about the rights to Texas -
Gold Rush Begins
James M. discovers gold at Sutters Mill. Then soon after word gets out. -
Forty Niners
90,000 forty niner move to California. -
The Pony Express
Pony express begins to deliver mail. -
The First Transcontinental Telegraph
The first telegraph line finished and the pony express is shut down after. -
Pacific Railroad Act
The US agrees to help fund a railroad from California to Missouri. -
Homestead Act
The U.S. government gives up free land to farmers who agree to live on the land for five years and make improvements to the land. -
Transcontinental Railroad Complete
Railroad is complete!! -
Yellowstone National Park
First national park is dedicated to US by President Ulysses S Grant. -
Blacks Hills Gold
Gold is found in South Dakota. -
Barbed Wire Invented
Huge for farmers, they were now able to keep cattle containedbar -
Battle of Little Bighorn
An American Indian army defeats US calvary. -
United States Government
Government announces the Western lands have been explored
