Americans Move West

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Trappers traveled to California because there was a high ______ for beaver furs that were used to make hats and clothes.

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demand

Front

The amount of a good or service that is offered for sale.

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supply

Front

Land beyond the settled parts of the United States.

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frontier

Front

Joseph Reddeford Walker was the first American to cross the Sierra Nevada from the east. He found a _______, or opening between mountains.

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pass

Front

A statement that can be checked and proved to be true.

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fact

Front

A statement that tells what a person thinks or believes.

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opinion

Front

Someone who comes from one country to live in another.

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Immigrant

Front

One of the first people to settle in a new land.

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pioneer

Front

Pioneers traveled by land to California in ___________, or groups of wagons, each pulled by oxen or horses.

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wagon trains

Front

The idea that the United States should expand to reach the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

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manifest destiny