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Daniel Boone
He was one of the first folk heroes of the united states. He was a American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman. -
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds. Its inventor was Eli Whitney. -
Marcus Whitman and Narcissa whitman
was an American doctor and missionary in the Oregon Country. Along with his wife Narcissa, he started a mission to the Cayuse -
The louisiana purchase
A territory contained land that forms Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. the portion of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River; a large portion of North Dakota; a large portion of South Dakota; the northeastern section of New Mexico; the northern portion of Texas; the area of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River (plus New Orleans); and small portions of land within the present Canadian provinces of Alberta -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
It was the first american expedition through what is now the western portion of the United States. -
the war of 1812
The war of 1812 was a war lasting for two and a half years fought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom. -
John Fremont
John Fremont was an American military officer, explorer, and politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States -
Indian removal/ trail of tears
The trail of tears was forced relocations of Native Americans in the United States. -
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail is a 2,200-mile historic east–west large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon -
texas revolution
The Texas Revolution began when colonists in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government. -
Manifest destiny
Manifest destiny was a belief in the United States that American settlers were suppose to expand throughout the continent. -
the donner party
the donner party was a group of American pioneers led by George Donner and James F. Reed who set out for California in a wagon train. -
the mecican war
The war between U.S. and Mexico was initiated by the United States and resulted in Mexico's defeat -
The california gold rush
The California Gold Rush was a period in American History which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
the battle of little bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn had general custer against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. -
the wounded knee massacre
he Wounded Knee Massacre happened near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota