Review Flashcard Dec 20

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A major overland route used by pioneers to travel to the Oregon Territory, a key destination during Westward Expansion

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Oregon Trail

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A law passed in 1862 that granted settlers 160 acres of public land in exchange for improving it and living on it for five years, encouraging westward settlement.

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Homestead Act

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A railway line that connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, facilitating westward expansion and trade.

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Transcontinental Railroad

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A law passed in 1830 that authorized the forced removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma).

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Indian Removal Act

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A period of mass migration to California in 1849 in search of gold, significantly impacting the region's population and economy.

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California Gold Rush

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Match the word to the picture: Oregon Trail, Homestead Act, Transcontinental Railroad, Indian Removal Act, California Gold Rush

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Oregon Trail

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Match the word to the picture: Oregon Trail, Homestead Act, Transcontinental Railroad, Indian Removal Act, California Gold Rush

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Homestead Act

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Match the word to the picture: Oregon Trail, Homestead Act, Transcontinental Railroad, Indian Removal Act, California Gold Rush

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Match the word to the picture: Oregon Trail, Homestead Act, Transcontinental Railroad, Indian Removal Act, California Gold Rush

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California Gold Rush

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Match the word to the picture: Oregon Trail, Homestead Act, Transcontinental Railroad, Indian Removal Act, California Gold Rush

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Indian Removal Act