BELIF THAT U.S. EXPANSION ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WAS JUSTIFIED AND INEVITABLE, EVEN ORDAINED BY GOD

LAW PASSED IN 1862 GIVING 160 ACRES OF FREE LAND TO PEOPLE WHO LIVED ON IT AND "IMPROVED" IT FOR 5 YEARS

AN AREA OF LAND SET ASIDE BY FEDRA

A PERSON WHO IS ONE OF THE FIRST TO EXPLORE OR SETTLE THE PLACE

EDGE OR BORDER OF SETTLED LAND, ON THE OTHER SIDE IS WILDERNESS

CONFLICT BETWEEN DAKOTA SIOUX AND U.S. OVER RIGHTS OF MN;HUNDREDS WHERE KILLED AND 38 SIOX WERE HUNG

COMPLETED IN 1869, CONNECTED THE U.S. EASTERN TO WESTERN U.S. OVERLAND

A CONVEY, OR TRAIN, OR HORSE PULLED CARRIAGES BRINGING PIONEERS INTO THE WESTERN FRONTIER

TRAIL FROM MISSOURI TO OREGON THAT MANY SETTLERS USED BETWEEN ROGHLY 1840 & 1860

WHEN GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAME TO TRY TO GET RICH

TO ADD SOMETHING

WHEN TEXAS BECAME A PART OF THE U.S. IN 1845; SPARKED A WAR IN MEXICO

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