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Overcrowding in China caused Chinese immigrants to move to the United States. A lot of land was sold for a cheap price by the government to settle the western land. The Mexican War also happened at this time because of the border dispute between Texas and Mexico.

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-Louisiana Territory was purchased for $15 million.
-Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were responsible for exploring the Louisiana Territory.
-Britain previously claimed Oregon Country before the United States received it in a compromise with Britain.

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Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the Untied states

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-Louisiana Purchase- purchased by Thomas Jefferson, dobled size of U.S
-Mexican Cession- succeded by Mexico after Mexican-American War
-Oregon Country- claimed by U.S. and Britian, 49th parallel divided the territory

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Potato famine influenced Irish immigration

Railroads created for faster travel

Jackson invented the Indian Removal act, which led to the Train of Tears

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1803- Louisiana Purchase- nearly doubled the size of our nation
US vs. Mexican war
California gold rush- People stuck gold and are now moving there to get it

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PUSH FACTORS :
crowded
unsanitary areas
urban life
no chance to own land
immigrants
taking jobs,
debt
criminals
religious
PULL FACTORS :
Wide open spaces
Rule Life
Chance to own land
Farming
Gold Rush
Adventure
escape debt
Criminal past
Fresh start
worship freely

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- Irish Imirgation, Railroads, Oregon trail

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immigrants
potato faimine
Indians

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gold in cali, cheap land and new life

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Dawes Act
Morill Act
GOld rush
Homestead Act

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Railroad expansion, Gold, glory, God, lots of land for free

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thosand's of acres open land
gold in the rivers
irish immagration

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Westward Settlement immigration, and Trail of Tears.

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Irish Imigration, Settlement in the west, and Railroads

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-lots of natural reasources like gold.
-lots of free land
-lots of people immigrating

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The west was FULL of minerals, causing a gold rush.

California and Oregon were founded here.

President Polk was best known for helping Manifest Destiny in his presidency

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-Chinese helped build railroads
-Oregon Trail was route taken by settlers to Oregon
-Indians were sent on the trail of tears to Oklahoma