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Belief it was America's right and duty to spread across the continent.
Spread democracy and European-American culture and Christianity. |
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| 1830-allowed presidents to make treaties in which Native Americans in the East would trade their lands for new territory West. |
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| Cherokee forcibly moved from homes in Georgia-moved West by federal troops. 4000 died during the long journey. |
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| Abuse through power over cruel or unfair treatment. |
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| The deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation. |
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| Cruel or unjust treatment over and over. |
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| Source that survived from the past-person present during the event. |
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| Accounts of the past created by people not at the event. |
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