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westward expa vocab
vocabulary
| 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 the 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 | Andrew Johnson's policy where he negotiated treaties with native Americans, exchanging land east of the Mississippi for land in the west- this was supposed to be voluntary but was forcing native Americans out of their homelands and abusing the treaties |
| Louisiana purchase | the land purchase by Thomas Jefferson that more than doubled the size of the United States |
| 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 |
| trail of tears | the relocation of native Americans to reservations in Oklahoma-1500 miles away thousands died on the trip |
| impacted the worst | native Americans |
| native Americans cause of death on journey | disease, starvation, bad weather, extreme conditions |
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