BELIEF THAT U.S. EXPANSION ACROSS N.A. WAS JUSTIFIED AND INEVITABLE

LAW PASSED IN 1862 GIVING 160 ACRES OF FREE LAND TO PEOPLE

AN AREA OF LAND SET ASIDE BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR NATIVE AMERICANS

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

EDGE OR BORDER OF A LAND, ON THE SIDE OF WILDERNESS

THE GOVERNMENT FORCED THE SOUIX TO LIVE IN RESERVATIOS

THE FIRST RAILROAD TO CROSS OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

A TRAIN OF HORSE PULLED WAGONS BRINGING PIONEERS TO THE FRONTIER

TRAIL FROM MISSOURI TO OREGON THAT SETTLERS USED BETWEEN 1840, 1860

WHEN GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN CA 1000'S OF PEOPLE CAME TO GET RICH

TO ADD TO SOMETHING

WHEN TX BACAME PART OF THE U.S. IN 1845; SPARKED A WAR WITH SOUTH

FACTS AND INFO HISTORIANS USE TO RECONSTRUCT THE PAST

TYPES OF EVIDENCE CREATED BY PEOPLE WHO WERE PRESENT

BOOKS OR NOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T PRESENT

A PERSONS PERSPECTIVE

PROCESS OF FINDING THE SIGNIFICANTS OF A HISTORICAL EVENT