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traveling for the purpose of discovery |
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a land ruled by another country |
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Westward Expansion [image] |
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the act of travelling westward in search of land and a better life |
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a trip taken with the goal of exploring |
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the science of planning and following a route |
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the belief that the U.S. should stretch from the East coast to the West coast |
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the first settlers of an area |
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a person who travels to and remains in a certain region |
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Transcontinental Railroad [image] |
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the railroad that was built to cross North America |
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a person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
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people who arrived in California in 1849 in search of gold |
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a route that started in Independence, Missouri and led to Oregon Country |
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the trail followed by Cherokee Indians when they were removed from their land and forced to walk to Indian Territory |
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freedom from control or influence of others |
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reasons to move away from a place (usually negative) |
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reasons to move to a new place (usually positive) |
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Louisiana Purchase [image] |
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a deal made in 1803 in which President Thomas Jefferson purchased land west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains from France; it more than doubled the size of the U.S. |
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a plan that tried to stop European nations from starting new colonies in the Western Hemisphere in 1823; written by President James Monroe |
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