Westward Expansion 24-25

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Belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

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Manifest Destiny

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Third president of the United States who bought Louisiana from the French because we needed the port of New Orleans.

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Thomas Jefferson

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Ruler of France, sold the Louisiana territory to the United States

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Napoleon

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Lewis and Clark were explorers who were chosen to explore the

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Oregon Trail

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Native-American woman who interpreted for the Corps of Discovery and helped them survive

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Sacajewea

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Begins in the Rocky Mountains and flows to the Mississippi River, Lewis and Clark explored it.

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Missouri River

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As people moved west they traveled along the

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Oregon Trail

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Britain was blockading the coast of America and stopping trade with

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France

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The “Star Spangled Banner” was written by Francis Scott Key during the

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War of 1812

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The White House, Capitol building, and other government buildings were burned by the

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British