Lewis and Clark Expedition
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- The LouisianaPurchase
- We will be purchasing the land from the French
- Lewis And Clark Expedition
- Indian RemovalAct
- You have to leave this land and move. You will be payed by the government.
- The Louisiana Purchase was one of the most importantevents thathelped lead to the Westward Expansion. It doubled the size of the U.S. and opened new land for Americans to move to. If the U.S. didn'tpurchase the territory, we wouldn'thave had the land to move to.
- The Trail Of Tears
- Louis and Clark'sexpedition was another important event that helped lead to the Westward Expansion. Louis and Clark traveled to the land that was recently purchased by Thomas Jefferson. They formed a good relationship with the Native Americans livingthere.They also learned lots of information on the land.
- Manifest Destiny
- Americans destinyis to move west. Its our god-given right!
- Andrew Jackson passed a law that required Native Americans to move west of the MississippiRiver to make more space for Americans.The law had said the Native Americans would be paid for the land. Americans troops forced thousands of Native Americans to walk hundreds of miles from their homes.
- The OregonTrail
- After the Indian Removal Act Native Americans were forced to leavetheir homes. The walk to go West of the MississippiRiver was far from easy. The Native Americans faced harsh cold and diseases. About one-forth of the people who made the journeypassed away.
- Manifest Destiny'swas an American belief that Americans had to move West. Americans felt it was their destiny and their right to move to the West. This motivated them to begin moving to the newly purchased land.
- The Oregon Trail was the trail Americans walked to move west. It was always a difficult journey. Women and children had to walk, while the men drove their carts. There were lots of problems, like disease and animalsdying.
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