westward expansion
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Обновлено: 7 окт 2018
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Created byIsabel Regina Dávila García
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Daniel Boone explores Kentucky for the first time.President Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana Territory forme France, making the US double it´s size.Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean: Lewis and Clark map out areas of the Louisiana Purchase and reach the Pacific Ocean.Indian Removal Act- Law to move the Native Americans from the ´southeast to the west of the Mississippi River.Oregon Trail- People begin traveling west in this trail.Manifest destiny- Journalist John O´Sullivan first uses the term "Manifest Destiny" to describe the westward expansion.Texas becomes a U.S State.Brigham Young Leads 5,000 Mormons to Utah- Mormons move to Salt Lake City.Oregon Treaty- England sings the Oregon Treaty handing over the Oregon Territory to the US.Around 90,000 "Forty-niners" move to California in search for gold.The Pony Express starts sending mail.First Transcontinental Telegraph line.Pacific Railroad Act- railroad form California to Missouri.Homestead Act- free land given to the first people to live in Oklahoma.Transcontinental Road complete.Yellowstone National Park.Black hills Gold- Gold is discovered in South Dakota.Barbed wire invented- wire to keep cattle from ranging free.Wild Bill Hickok is shot and killed.Battle of Little BighornThe U.S Government says that western lands have been explored.Периоды
Mexican-American war.
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