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The Louisiana Purchase
it was a deal about a land deal with united states and France and they were just buying land and in returned for fifteen million dollars -
The California Gold Rush
the gold was found by James W. Marshall the influx of gold into the money supplys reinvigorate the american economy so when they found the gold so people started going crazy for the gold -
The Homestead Act
Abraham Lincoln gave a lot of man and woman a free chance, granting 106 acres of free land to claimants -
The Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
The presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah. This Transcontinental Railroad could make the travel time saves you so much time and can travel 3,000-mile journey across the United States. It also opened the way for the West. -
The Invention of the Barbed Wire
The invention of the barbed wire was a huge important piece of the Westward Movement because the invention helped all the roaming cattle to stay in one place so that cowboys wouldn't have to do so much work roaming around the lands yelling t the cattle to move in the certain direction. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The Battle of Little Bighorn was such an important time during the Westward Movement because it was known as "Custer's Last Stand." It was also known as the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre was really important because it ended the Ghost Dance Movement. It was also the last major war in America's deadly war against the Plains Indians. It was really brutal and heart breaking because the war killed Men, women, and children.
