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MANIFEST DESTINY The belief that the U.S. has the right & duty to expand its borders to the Pacific Ocean
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Who Came West?? 1. Trappers, hunters, fur traders (stayed near rivers) Ooh la-la, ma cherie! I love fur!
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Who Came West?? 2. Settlers, land spectulators (they cleared the land)
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Who Came West?? 3. Farmers, ranchers (lived off the land)
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Who Came West?? 4. Religious groups
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How did they get there? 1. Wagon - by 1840’s, they could take the Oregon Trail or Mormon Trail 2.National Road - begun 1806, by 1818 it stretched to W. Virginia 3. Riverboat- steamboat invented in 1807, Erie canal built 1825
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How did they get there? 4. Railroad - by 1850’s, it crisscrossed the USA
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