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He was the first one to really explore Kentucky
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He made the cotton gin, it speeds up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.
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was a land deal between the United States and France
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was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States
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the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country’s future.
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was an American military officer, explorer, and politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States.
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An act that exchanged Native American land in the East for lands west of the Mississippi River, but which was never accepted by the elected tribal leadership
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was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists, most of whom were landowners from the United States. resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Texas
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THey headed west with another couple, She became the first white woman to cross the rocky mountains.
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When the first migrant wagon train was organized in Independence, Missouri, a wagon trail had been cleared to Fort Hall, Idaho.
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is a word for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast.
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a group of nearly 90 emigrants left Springfield, Illinois, and headed west.
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marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil.
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James W. Marshall found shiny metal in the tailrace of a lumber mill Marshall was building for Sutter on the American River.
