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In 1803 the Louisiana Puchase was made which created a lot of space west to live in
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Even though space had opened up west, a major amount of the people migrating didn't start until this act was put into place
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This is when people begin to travel west using wagons on the Oregon Trail.
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A journalist named John O'Sullivan described migration to the west in a new term "Manifest Destiny"
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The US acquires Texas as a state
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After experiencing antisemitic actions, over 5,000 Mormans fled to Utah
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This was a war between the US and Mexico over the rights to Texas
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The war ended with Americans paying $15 million to Mexico for California, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and other place
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England signs a treaty giving Oregon territory to the Americans
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James Marshall struck gold in California. People started rushing there to see if they could get rich