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Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

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Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny. Why can we move West?. Open land! -Texas, Gadsden Purchase, Louisiana Purchase Free land! -Homestead Act, Morrill Land Act Technology -transcontinental railroad, cheap goods, oil in Texas!, Bessemer process, Barbed Wire!!!!. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

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Why can we move West? Open land!-Texas, Gadsden Purchase,

Louisiana Purchase Free land!-Homestead Act, Morrill Land

Act Technology-transcontinental railroad, cheap

goods, oil in Texas!, Bessemer process, Barbed Wire!!!!

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Transcontinental Railroad

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What is the West like? Indian tribes in Oklahoma- moved by

the Indian Removal Act under Andrew Jackson

-Five Civilized Tribes Buffalo Rugged terrain

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Indian Territory

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How do we get West? Oregon Trail Mormon Pioneer Trail Boomers and Sooners

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Mormon Pioneer Trail

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Who lives in the West? Cowboys Cattle Barons Bonanza Farmers Homesteaders

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What happens to the Indians?

Dawes Act Assimilation Indian Schools