Westward Expansion

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What was the Northwest Ordinance?

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An addition of land to the United States North and West of the Ohio River Valley

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What was the Indian Removal?

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Native Americans were taken from their homelands and sent to land reserved for them

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What was the Trail of Tears?

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The path that the Cherokee went on as they were forced from their land and moved to Oklahoma.

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Who were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?

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Leaders of the expeditions to explore the Louisiana Purchase

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What is a formal agreement between two or more countries called?

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Treaty

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What term describes something that is used to make something or meet the needs of people?

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Resource

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What was the belief that it was God's plan for the U.S. to have all land in North America from the Atlantic to Pacific?

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Manifest Destiny

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What was the major trail used by settlers to go from Missouri to Oregon and California?

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Oregon Trail

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What was the war between the U.S. and Mexico over the border dispute about Texas leading to the Mexican Cession?

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Mexican American War - 1846-1848

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What event led many people to California in search of wealth?

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California Gold Rush