most of the battles‚ but also gained prosperity for the nation. There were many impacts on national unity between those time periods‚ but the main impact was territorial expansion. This is true because of the Louisiana Purchase‚ the purchase of Oregon territory‚ and the Mexican War. The Louisiana Purchase was the most important event of President Thomas Jefferson ’s first Administration. In this transaction‚ the United States bought 827‚987 square miles of land from France for about $15 million
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| Dean Kuhlman | Research Paper HI-315VC | | | | | | | Kit Carson is best known for his role in the expansion of the West as a trapper‚ explorer‚ scout and American soldier. Carson not only spent time carving the path to the west‚ he defended it in battle as an officer in the U.S. Army. One of the most famous mountain men of the Westward movement‚ Carson has had several landmarks‚ cities‚ and areas named after him. Among these are Carson‚ Colorado‚ Carson City‚ Nevada
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explore more of the western part of the country. The most famous Mountain Man‚ Jedediah Smith‚ crossed the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada to reach the California trail‚ which linked the U.S. to the Pacific coast. In 1842 an official government expedition led by John C. Frémont set across the western country‚ following these trails made by the Mountain Men. Most of nothing was found on this expedition but Frémont’s vivid and romantic accounts of the west drew settlers to the far west. Soon wagons
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Admission of Texas (1845) – it was approved by the majority of both houses of congress to invite texas as the 28th state 11. Oregon Country - Northwestern territory in dispute between Britain and the US‚ subject of "Manifest Destiny" rhetoric in 1844 12. Hudson‘s Bay Company – created by britain for profitable for trading in oregon with indians of the pacific northwest 13. Oregon Trail (1840s) - Two-thousand-mile-long path along which thousands of Americans journeyed to the Williamette valley in the 1840s
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ignitions ready to be driven. So Dylan drove one car straight through the fence in a nearby plotted field‚ and drove for five minutes before the police showed up. He was then sent to the local detention center‚ and after a few hours‚ was shipped off to Oregon for the summer. Thus‚ Dylan living in Wisconsin greatly affects his growth as a
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pioneers on the Oregon Trail. Coming from a modest family background‚ Smith traveled to St. Louis and joined William H Ashley and Andrew Henry’s fur trading company in 1822. Smith led the first documented exploration from the Salt Lake frontier to the Colorado River. From there‚ Smith’s party became the first white Americans to cross the Mojave Desert into California.
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with the transportation system was addressed during the California gold rush‚ but the building of the railroad wasn’t completed until about 10 years after. Before the transcontinental railroad was started in 1863 the easiest way to the west was the Oregon
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AP History Take home test Yasser Benamirouche1-compare and contrast president Polk’s willingness to go to war against Mexico over Texas but not against Britain over Oregon. I believe that there is political and economical reasons behind that.. Britain is a much stronger enemy and I do not think it was a good idea to go to war with them because it might end badly for the U.S while Mexico that just got its freedom it was an “easy target” I believe and it kinda was the case because the United States
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painting that was created in 1867 by Albert Bierstadt. During Bierstadt’s first trip on the Oregon trail in 1859 he was inspired to capture the landscape and of the things he saw. From this inspiration he would go on to create many paintings of the West. The painting has been at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City since 1972. The painting shows a caravan that is on the way to Oregon. The caravan is surrounded by bountiful life such as sheep and cows. On the left side of the
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periods of Americans moving west the first period transpired from 1820 and 1844 and took place regardless of the governments consent. At the beginning of the settling of the west Mountain Men were responsible for the exploration and finding the safest trails and paths to traverse. These Mountain Men paved the way for the new settlers into the western region of the United States and even assisted the army in locating and mapping out the Indian territories. The first territory the immigrants were interested
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