The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to...
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Manifest Destiny “Virtual Field Trip” By: Tanaja Beckett
The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people
The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the
Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day
Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of
Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced
hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out
of 15,000 of the Cherokees died.
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The Oregon Trail is the predominant symbol of American westward
expansion in the Nineteenth Century, a period of Manifest Destiny
when the nation realized its dream of stretching from ocean to
ocean means for strengthening American claims on the Pacific
Northwest.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ALAMO WAS TO DEPART FROM MEXICO AND THEIR
INDEPENDENCE.
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James Wilson Marshall discovered gold while constructing a saw
mill along the American River northeast of present- day Sacramento.
The discovery was reported in the San Francisco newspapers in March
but caused little stir as most did not believe the account. Sam
Brannan, a storekeeper in Sutter's Creek, brandished a bottle
filled with gold dust around San Francisco shouting 'Gold! Gold!
Gold from American River!
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On any summer evening in July hundreds of emigrants could be
found swarming all over Independence Rock, chiseling messages to
others following behind. Many of the emigrants arrived here on the
fourth of July, and that was cause for celebration. Pies were baked
and revelry was shared. The landmark was a favorite resting place
for travelers along the trail. Called the "Great Register of the
Desert", more than 5,000 names of early emigrant were carved on
this boulder.
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Chinook Point is a point in Pacific County, Washington. Captain
Robert Gray was the first non-native to reach the Columbia River,
and seen the river from Chinook point in 1749. His traveling for
discovery gave U.S. a strong belief in its later territorial
contests with Great Britain.
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Oregon Trail pioneers struggled West for free land and a better
life; Mormon emigrant went West to escape religious persecution.
White Americans took the land that Native Americans had taken from
other Native Americans. Striving for a better life, religious
persecution, and one people taken another peoples land are
cornerstones of World History.