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In 1890 the superintendent of the US Census announced that rapid western settlement meant that there can barely be said to be a frontier line. Most of the West's population lived in cities. Which had shaped the nation's character and values. The frontier remains an important symbol more than a century after it physically disappeared.

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The Homestead Act happened on May 20th of 1862. The Homestead Act sped up the settlement of the western territory by granting adult citizens of families 160 acres of surveyed public/government land for a minimal filing fee and five years of continuous residence on that land. They were required to live on and improve their plot by cultivating the land.

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The California Gold Rush happened in early 1848. The increase in the world´s gold supply stimulated global trade and investment, it helped waves of immigration that often led to the permanent settlement of new regions. The founding of gold sparked a massive migration of settlers and miners into California in search of gold. It transformed the landscape and population of California, the non-native population of the California territory was 100,000.

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The Great Migration + Oregon Trail took place/happened in 1841. The first migrants to Oregon, intending to farm, came in 1841 when a small group of 70 pioneers left Independence, Missouri. They took a route which took them west along the Platte River through the Rocky Mountains via the easy South Pass in Wyoming and then north-west to the Columbia River. In later years, pioneers began to call the route the Oregon Trail. The number of emigrants skyrocketed to 1,000 for the journey to Oregon.

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition started on May 14th of 1804. They obtained territory by encountering nearly 50 native american tribes, having the help of Sacajawea during the expedition, finding/producing maps and geographical information about the american north-west, returning home with 120 animal specimens and 200 botanical samples.

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The Indian Removal Act happened in 1830 of May 28th. The US obtained this with the United States Congress passing the Indian Removal Act, marking the government’s push to remove Native American tribes.

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The Louisiana Purchase happened May 1st of 1803. They obtained the territory by purchasing in 1803 from France by the United States.