The Poly Express The First Transcontinental Telegraph

Gold Rush begins

Oregon Treaty

Trail of Tears

Forty-niners

Manifest Destiny

Indian Removal Act

Brigham Young

Mexican-American

1.
1830: 1.- Congress passes a law to move Native Americans from the Southeast to the west of the Mississippi River.

2.
1838: 2.- The Cherokee Nation is forced to march from the east coast to Oklahoma. Many thousands die along the way.

3.
1845: 3.- Journalist John O'Sullivan first uses the term to describe the westward expansion of the United States.

4.
1846: 4.leads 5,000 Mormons to Utah - After experiencing religious persecution, the Mormons move to Salt Lake City, Utah.

5.
1846-1848: The 5.War - A war fought over the rights to Texas. After the war, the United States paid Mexico $15 million for land that would later become California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of several other states.

6.
1846: 6.- England signs it handing over the Oregon Territory to the United States.

7.
1848: 7.- James Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's Mill. Soon word is out, and people rush to California to strike it rich.

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1849: Around 90,000 8. move to California to find gold.

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1860: 9.begins to deliver mail.

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1861: 10.line is finished. The Pony Express shuts down.