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Manifest Destiny
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The idea popular in the United States during the 1800s that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific.
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frontier
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ex) the American frontier spread west during Manifest Destiny.
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pioneer
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One who ventures into unknown or unclaimed territory to settle.
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emigrant
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People who leave a country to travel to another.
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prairie schooner
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A covered wagon that is usually pulled by horses. It was used by pioneers to travel across America to the west.
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Oregon Country
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Huge area that lay between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains north of California.
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mountain men
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a frontiersman living in the wilderness, as in the Rocky Mountains
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John Jacob Astor
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A merchant that organized the American Fur Company. It became the most powerful of the fur companies in America.
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James Polk
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Democrat. He won with the slogan "Fifty -four Forty or Fight" pointing out the desired latitude
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Texan Revolution
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A war over the rights to Mexican Territory
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