History

The idea that the U.S was destined by God to expand north america

The goal was to encourage settlement, solidify union control of the trans Mississippi West and further create in insignificant presence of the physical and cultural tribes native to the west, they wanted to take over the land 

<p>farmers, settlers, minors, ranchers, immigrants, and business owners, and their families </p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>farmers in the beginning, most immigrants were farmers seeking to improve their family lives in California’s fertile soil and prospectors after the discovery of golden 1848. An estimated 50,000 gold seekers travel the trail. </p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>After the murder of the morman leader joseph smith Bringham young led the first migration of mormans to navahoo illinois to salt lake city</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A commercial highway for transporting goods between the two regions later the US Army use this trail during the Mexican American war </p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first major land purchase made by the US in 1803. Was the Louisiana purchase where they bought a vast territory from France. Effectively doubling the size of the country. At the time. This line included territory that would later become part of the state like Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and more it cost $15 million</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mexican cession</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Homestead active 1862, which gave 160 acres of land to eligible citizen who would live on and improve the land. Homestead actors a significant event in the westward expansion of the US allowing millions of people to own land</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>SSierra Nevada, Cascade range, Rocky Mountains and Appalachian Mountains </p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The act this act forced nearly 100,000 Native Americans to relocate from their ancestral homeland east of the Mississippi river to Indian territory and what is now Oklahoma </p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>The American revolutionary war the war of 1812 and the Mexican American war </p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Missouri </p> Signup and view all the answers