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Cody Underhill

U.S. History- Westward Expansion

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Louisiana Purchase The territory sold by France to the US in 1803, comprising the western part of the Mississippi valley, doubled the size of U.S.
Sacajawea Shoshone Indian guide and interpreter. She joined the Lewis and Clark expedition in what is now North Dakota and guided their travels through the wilderness and across the Rockies 1804–06
Manifest Destiny belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
Treaty of Fort Laramie U.S. made negotiations with Native Americans living in the plains and moved them to a reserve to give white settlers most of the Great Plains.
Sante Fe Trail trade route to the southwest United States extending about 800miles westward from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico
Oregon Trail trail opened in 1845 route to the western United States extending from various cities on the Missouri River to the Oregon Country and later Oregon Territory
Mormons Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Joseph Smith religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830
Brigham Young religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah
Texas Revolution military conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state that resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Texas
Republic of Texas Independent state in North America, bording the U.S. and Mexico, existed from 1836 to 1846
Annex append or add an extra or subordinate part.
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