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vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Expansion | 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 of people who moved to California between 1848-1853 in search of gold |
| Indian Removal Act | Johnsons policy where he negotiated treaties with Native Americans, exchanging land set of Mississippi for land in the west- wasn't supposed to be forever but ended up forcing Native Americans out of their home lands and abusing the terms of the treaties |
| Louisiana Purchase | the land purchased by Thomas Jefferson that more than doubled the size of the U.S. |
| 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 of hindered the pioneers in their journey to settle in the west |
| Physical gateway | any quality or feature that helped of benefitted the pioneers in their journey to settle in the west |
| pioneer | one of the first settlers in a new territory |
| settler | aa person who settles into an unfamiliar location |
| Territorial Expansion | the period of time between 1801-8161 when the U.S. grew tremendously in land size |
| Territory | a geographical area of land marked off and designated for a certain state or country |
| The Alamo | one of the most famous battles between Texas and Mexico |
| Trail of tears | journey of the "5 civilized tribes" who were living in the south when they were relocated to the state of Oklahoma. Journey was treacherous and expose to disease, weather, and starvation killed thousands |