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Many people traveled along the Oregon trail to get the the West. This trail started in Independence, Missouri, and stretched all the way to Oregon City, Oregon.

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The California Trail (red) was another trail that settlers used to reach the West Coast.

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Many settlers travelling West rode in covered wagons like these, usually pulled by oxen or horses.

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The Oregon Territory that we got from Great Britain

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The Oregon Territory that we got from Great Britain

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The Oregon Territory was originally a piece of land that ran along the West Coasts of Canada and the United States, but after boundary disputes the U.S. and Britain settled on dividing the territory at the 49th parallel. Canada/ Britain were able to keep ownership over everything North of the parallel, and the U.S. was able to keep everything South of the parallel.

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The settlers that were travelling along these trails faced many hardships, including leaving family and friends behind, rampant disease, dealing with harsh weather, and not having real roads to travel over.

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This image shows a statue of John Sutter, the first man to discover gold while in California while working on his mill.

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This is an example of some of the prospectors, people that were looking for gold, that worked in California during the gold rush.

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An ad for ships that could bring people to California.

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An ad for ships that could bring people to California.

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Because there was such a large amount of people looking to become prospectors in California, many ships were needed to bring people there.

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The Republic of Texas and how Texas became a U.S. state

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The Republic of Texas and how Texas became a U.S. state

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After the Texas Rebellion in 1835, where Texas became independent from Mexico, Texas tried to join the union as a U.S. state. The only problem was that if Texas joined the union, it would upset the balance of slave and free states by becoming yet another Southern slave owning state. This caused Congress to not allow Texas in as a state for a while, leading to the formation of the Republic of Texas. After a while, though, the U.S. let Texas in as a state, and the Republic of Texas was dissolved.

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Even though California was seen as a promised land for people to strike it rich, many of the prospectors moving to California never gained the wealth that they wanted. Instead, the huge influx of people that suddenly moved into the area allowed for shopkeepers to inflate their prices sky-high and profit off of all of the new settlers. Another group that suffered because of the gold rush were 'Californios', or the Mexicans that were already in California before the U.S. took it over. Many Californios faced awful amounts of racism, being treated as foreigners (even though they had already been living there) and getting pushed out of their lands and homes.

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One of the groups that travelled to the West were the Mormons, who settled there to escape the religious persecution they faced in the East.

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The territories we gained from the Mexican Cession

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The territories we gained from the Mexican Cession

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Below is a map of the territories we gained after fighting against and beating Mexico in the Mexican- American War. Territories we gained included parts of modern day Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona, as well as all of California, Utah, and Nevada.

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Another reason some people travelled West were to become mountain men. Mountain men travelled around the Rocky Mountains searching for beaver pelts. While this job was dangerous and physically demanding, many people chose to take their chances because of the large amounts of money they could make off of it.

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Many Americans chose to uproot their lives and move to California in hopes of making money off of the gold that had recently been discovered there. Much like mountain men, it could be physically taxing work, but for many people, the promise of the large amounts of money was enough to get them to move to California.

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Many Americans chose to migrate West just in search of a better life for them and their families. They usually traveled similarly to the Mormons, going over land in ox or horse pulled wagons.

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Diary entries from women on the Oregon Trail

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Diary entries from women on the Oregon Trail

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This website shows diary entries from real women that were travelling along the trail at the time.

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What real pioneers saw & experienced in the Bear Lake Valley while traveling the original Oregon/California Trail

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My CER for why I think Manifest Destiny wasn't justified.

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My CER for why I think Manifest Destiny wasn't justified.

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