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Finally the U.S Government states that the West has been explored. This is significant because they finally did it.

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1869 : The Transcontinental Railroad is completed

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1869 : The Transcontinental Railroad is completed

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The Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroads meet at Promontory, Utah and finally the railroad is completed.

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The U.S government offers up free land to farmers who agreed to live on the land for five years to make improvements to the land. Many people rush to places like Oklahoma to claim their land.

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After James Marshall discovers gold at Sutters Mill, word gets out and many rush to California.

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A war fought over the rights of Texas, after the war the US paid Mexico $15 million for land that would later become California,Texas,Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and other parts.

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Many people been to travel west in order to find a new life. They called the trail the Oregon Trail. Over a span of 20 years, about 300,000 people came.

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The Cherokee is forced to march from the East Coast to Oklahoma. Many Native Americans die along the way.

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Congress passes a law to move the Native Americans from the Southeast to the west of Mississippi.

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1805 : Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean

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1805 : Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean

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Lewis and Clark map out the Louisiana Territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

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Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million, doubling the size of the United States.