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1 Westward Expansion

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3 EQ: How did Americans justify Westward Expansion?

4 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.

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

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

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

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