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westward expansion
westward expansion study guide vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| expansion | the act of growing, making larger, or expanding |
| expedition | a long and challenging |
| gold | a precious metal that was very valuable and highly sought after 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 | where President Andrew Johnson forced American Indians out of their homeland. |
| Louisiana purchase | the land purchased by Thomas Jefferson that more than doubled the size of the US. |
| Oregon trail | the most well known trail that pioneers took to go west |
| physical barrier | any natural feature that worked against the pioneers |
| physical gateway | any natural feature that helped the pioneers |
| pioneer | one of the first to do something |
| settler | a person who settled somewhere new |
| territorial expansion | the period of time between 1801-1861 where the us grew in size. |
| territory | a piece of land owned by something |
| The alamo | A famous battle between texas |
| Trail of tears | Where the Indians from the Indian removal act traveled. |