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Westward Expansion
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4th Grade
03/29/2010

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Cumberland Gap
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Where did Daniel Boone Travel?
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Daniel Boone
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created the Wilderness Rd
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Kentucky
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Where is the Wilderness Rd. today?
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The first National Rd?
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What did the Wilderness Rd. become?
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Zebulon Pike
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Who explored the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase for the United States
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Louis & Clark
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Who explored or mapped out the northern portion of the Louisiana Purchase?
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Sacagawea
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Who helped Loius & Clark?
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St Louis, Missouri - Pacific Ocean
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Where did Loius and Clark's expedition begin and end?
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The belief that the US should expand west from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
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What is Manifest Destiny?
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Land, Gold, Religious Freedom, Manifest Destiny, Elbow Room, Adventure
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Why did people travel West?
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Independence Missouri
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Where did the Oregon, California, and Sante Fe Trails begin?
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To escape persecution-for Religious Freedom
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Why did the Mormons travel West?
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Where did the Mormon Trail end?
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California Trail
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What Trail branched off from the Oregon Trail and ended in San Francisco, Ca
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Oregon Trail
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What Trail ended in Oregon Country and was traveled by pioneers?
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Sante Fe
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What trail ended in present day Sante Fe, New Mexico?
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Trail of Tears
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The journey that the Cherokees took to Oklahoma where 4,000 died.
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Cherokees
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What group of Indians was most affected by the Indian Removal Act?
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Andrew Jackson
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This president was in favor of the Indian Removal Act?
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Indian Removal Act
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Act that sent many Native Americans from their homes to Indian Territory
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Seminole
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This group of Indians from Florida fought back
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The Seminole Wars
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Andrew Jackson fought 3 battles against the Seminoles called
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Oregon Country
Definition
land from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific Ocean
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The Louisiana Purchase
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land west of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains bought from France
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15 Million
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How much did the US pay for the Louisiana Purchase?
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Spain
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Florida was bought from
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5 million
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Florida was bought for
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add
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annex means to
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Texas Revolution
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Texas fought Mexico to gain its independence. This was called the
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Texas Annexation
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After Texas gained its independence it was added to the U.S. THis was called the
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Mexican Cession
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The US fought Mexico for lands in the South West US. This was called the
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Northwest Ordinance
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Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin became states under the
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Treaty of Paris
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After the American Rev. What gave the US land to the Mississippi River?
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