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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| expansion | the act of growing making larger or expanding |
| expedition | a long and challenging journey into a newly discovered area |
| gold | a precious metal that was very valuable and was highly sought after mineral during the California gold rush. |
| gold rush | the mass movement |
| Indian removal act | president Andrew Johnson's policy where he negotiated treaties with native Americans, exchanging land east of Mississippi for land in the. West this this was supposed to be voluntary but ended up forcing native Americans out of their homelands and abusing |
| Louisiana purchase | the land purchased by Thomas Jefferson that more that more than doubled the size of the USA |
| Oregon trail | the most well-known trail that pioneers used to travel to the Pacific Ocean |
| physical | barrier any quality or feature of geography that worked against or hindered the pioneers in their journey to settle in the west |