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Daniel Boone
American Pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman. -
Eli Whitney Cotton Gin
He created the cotton gin in 1794 -
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Louisiana Purchase
The selling of the Louisian territory -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
the first american expedition -
Oregon Trail
was only passable by horse or foot. By 1836, a wagon train was invented and made a path -
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The war of 1812
military conflict that was fought by the U.S and UK -
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John Fremont
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
Law to where they could take away land from indians -
Texas Revolution
began when colonists rebelled against Mexican government -
Manifest Destiny
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
Manifest Destiny
Belief that only god is superior -
The Mexican War
Initially, the United States declined to incorporate it into the union, largely because northern political interests were against the addition of a new slave state. -
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
The Battle of Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
the Sioux chief Big Foot and some 350 of his followers camped on the banks of Wounded Knee creek. Surrounding their camp was a force of U.S. troops charged with the responsibility of arresting Big Foot and disarming his warriors. The scene was tense. Trouble had been brewing for months. -
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
marcus
