Westward Expansion

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Belief that it was the right (or God's will) for Americans to possess all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans

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Manifest Destiny

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Signed into law by President Lincoln (1862) to encourage people to move west by giving them 160 acres of free land

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Homestead Act

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The movement of a person or a group of people to a different place

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Migration

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A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroads companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah.

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Transcontinental Railroad

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An idea by the government to restrict Native Americans to specific lands and give them food, money and supplies

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Reservation

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A law that gave the President the power to take and break up Indian reservation land and divide it into small farms. The government wanted to end the tribal system by turning Native Americans into individual farmers.

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Dawes Act

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Farming and the methods that are used to raise and look after crops and animals

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Agriculture

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A political party that supports the concerns of ordinary people (farmers and workers)

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Populism (Populist)

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The use of two metals (gold and silver) to give value to paper money

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Bimetallism

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The process (or way) that a person or group takes on the culture and characteristics of a larger group

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Assimilation