The lives of mountain men in the American West were ones of scarcity, poverty, and bare sustenance
trappers who were lured west by the profits of the fur trade
Oregon Trail
just a little more road
Manifest Destiny
t told them it was all right to fight, kill, and take land from Mexicans or other non-Americans.
trappers who were lured west by the profits of the fur trade
Mexican-American War
The Oregon Trail was a roughly 2,000-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon
Mormons in Utah
Utah is home to more than 2 million Mormons
Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.
California Gold Rush
hurry there gold in them thar hill
the largest mass migration in u.s history
The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil
man up
Utah Mormons (as well as Mormons living in the Intermountain West) are on average more culturally and/or politically conservative
This Is the perfect place to build salt lake city
the rapid influx of fortune seekers in California that began after gold was found at Sutter's Mill in early 1848 and reached its peak in 1852
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