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Northwest Ordinance
*formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio, and also known as the The Ordinance of 1787
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Louisiana Purchase
*the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803
*gave the U.S. control of the Mississippi River and the port city of New Orleans, both of which were used by farmers to ship their crops and get paid. -
Cumberland Road
*Cumberland Road, also called National Road, first federal highway in the United States and for several years the main route to what was then the Northwest Territory
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Erie Canal
*a canal in New York that is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System
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Mormons in Utah
*After Smith's death in 1844, the Mormons followed Brigham Young to what would become the Utah Territory -
Indian Removal Act
- signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders *led to the eviction of Native Americans from their lands in the Southeast. It also led to them being forced to go to what is now Oklahoma in a movement known as the "Trail of Tears."Apr 19, 2011
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Manifest Destiny
- term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. This attitude helped fuel we stern settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico
- It was the primary force that caused the United States to expand west across North America
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Texas Annexation
- the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845 *Texas had become part of the expansion
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Gadsden Purchase
*The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,670-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States purchased via a treaty signed on December 30, 1853, by James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico at that time
*the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico -
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 news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad -
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Transcontinental Railroad
*a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders
* It was 1,776 miles long and served for the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States to be connected by rail for the first time in history