Westward Expansion Vocabulary

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pioneer

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people that moved to the West to live

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trail

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a dirt road used to travel on

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mountain man

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a man that made money by trading fur for money or goods (picture)

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forty-niner

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a person that moved to the west to find gold (picture)

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cowboy

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a man that looks after large groups of cows (picture)

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to move

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to go to a new place to have a new home

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to travel

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to go from one place to another

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Louisiana Purchase

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land that was purchased from France by Thomas Jefferson, doubled the size of our country/ explored by Lewis and Clark (picture)

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Lewis and Clark

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2 explorers that explored the Louisiana Purchase

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immigrant

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a person that travels to a new country from other countries