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westward expansion
History
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Oregon Trail - A major route that settlers used to move westward into Oregon and other western territories
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Manifest Destiny - The belief that the expansion of the U.S. across the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
Homestead Act - A law that provided 160 acres of free land to settlers willing to farm it for five years.
Gold Rush - A period of rapid migration to California after the discovery of gold in 1848.
Transcontinental Railroad - The first railway line that connected the eastern U.S. to the western U.S.
Territorial Expansion - The process of acquiring new lands for the U.S., such as the Louisiana Purchase and the annexation of Texas.
Trail of Tears - The forced relocation of Native Americans from their ancestral lands to designated territories west of the Mississippi River.
Pioneer - A person who is among the first to explore or settle a new area.
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