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Westward Expansion

EQ: How did Americans justify Westward Expansion?

American Progress Manifest Destiny- the idea that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean “Manifest”- adjective- clear or obvious to the eye or mind.

Commissioned by Thomas Jefferson Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Study plants, animals, geography, and Native Americans Doubles size of US

Oregon Trail Route for Westward migration Over 2000 miles long Wagon trains Risk of Native American attack (Sioux) Many died from disease

Read Read an account from Voices from the Oregon Trail. What hardships did the migrants go through?