Westward Expansion

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What was the Louisiana Purchase?

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The first land acquisition for America which also doubled the size of the country.

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What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

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Journey designed to explore the Louisiana Purchase and map it out. This was the first expedition to travel to the Pacific Northwest.

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Manifest Destiny

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Belief that it was America's right to go expand its territory over North America.

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What was Homesteading?

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Encouraged western migration by granting 160 acres of land to people who paid only a small fee.

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What was the California Gold Rush?

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The quick movement of thousands of people to California in 1848 after the discovery of this valuable mineral.

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What was the Oregon Trail?

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A route from Missouri to Oregon on which thousands of pioneers traveled, usually in covered wagons, and many died, while traveling west.

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Who were Pioneers?

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The first people to settle a territory

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What is the Transcontinental Railroad?

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Transportation line that opened in 1869, after 7 years of construction, that stretched from Nebraska to California.

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What was the Texas Annexation?

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1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America.

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What was the Mexican Cession?

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Land in the southwestern United States that was given to the U.S. by Mexico in The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.