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  2. Westward expansion trails - Wikipedia

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    During the twenty-five years 1841–1866, 250,000 to 650,000 people "pulled up stakes," and headed west along these trails. About one-third immigrated to Oregon, one-third to California and one-third to Utah, Colorado, and Montana.

  3. History of the United States (1815–1849) - Wikipedia

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    After 1815, the United States shifted its attention away from foreign policy to internal development. With the defeat of the eastern Indians in the War of 1812, American settlers moved in great numbers into the rich farmlands of the Midwest. Westward expansion was mostly undertaken by groups of young families.

  4. Plains Indian warfare - Wikipedia

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    During the American Indian Wars of the mid to late 19th century, Native American warriors of the Great Plains, sometimes referred to as braves in contemporary colonial sources, [1] resisted westward expansion onto their ancestral land by settlers from the United States. [2]

  5. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The cultural endeavor and pursuit of manifest destiny provided a strong impetus for westward expansion in the 19th century. The United States began expanding beyond North America in 1856 with the passage of the Guano Islands Act , causing many small and uninhabited, but economically important, islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean ...

  6. American frontier - Wikipedia

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    The local pioneers responded enthusiastically to these events and, in effect, evolved their populist religions, especially during the Second Great Awakening (1790–1840), which featured outdoor camp meetings lasting a week or more and which introduced many people to organized religion for the first time.

  7. Protecting Bison Is Critical To Native American Ecosystem - AOL

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    In the 1800s during westward expansion, settlers killed off bison to remove Indigenous people from their land. By 1900, fewer than 1,000 remained. By 1900, fewer than 1,000 remained.

  8. Jedediah Smith - Wikipedia

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    Lewis and Clark. Smith was born in Jericho, now Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York, on January 6, 1799, [3] [a] [4] to Jedediah Smith I, a general store owner from New Hampshire, and Sally Strong, both of whom were descended entirely from families that came to New England from England during the Puritan emigration between 1620 and 1640.

  9. ACC considering westward expansion, with eye on ... - AOL

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    The four remaining Pac-12 schools still aboard for next season — California, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State — have options if they are looking for another conference. The Atlantic ...