westward expansion
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- mountain men in Oregon country 
- Yes!!
- Want to trade Fur
- The Oregon trail 
- How will we cross?
- OH NO A RIVER!
- manifest destiny 
- We have a destiny 
- We need to spread the word of god
- mountain men traded fur for supplies. They would work hard and die young .They created trails to help with the westward expansion.
- Mexican-American war
- NO ITS OURS
- WE WANT MORE LAND!!!
- a very dangerous trail where people would get very sick and die. you would not have a high chance of survival on the trail in the winter time. the trail was used by many people .
- Mormons in Utah 
- Yes!
- Lets start a new settlement!
- These people though their purpose in life was to spread the word of god. they inspired people to move with them.
- California gold rush 
- OMG!!!!
- LOOK AT ALL THIS GOLD!!
- America wanted more land than Mexico so america went to war with Mexico The US won and got more land near the west 
- after their founder died they wanted to start a new settlement and they traveled to Utah. Since many Mormons moved it made more Americans move west 
- Many people moved to California because people were finding gold because of this many people moved west 
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