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    Louisiana Purchase was economically beneficial and generally cemented the union. The Treaty of 1818 resolved boundary issues between the United States and the United Kingdom and Ireland allowing joint occupations of the Oregon territory. This eventually led to the purchase of the Oregon Territory and eventually the Mexican Cession. American expansion to the Pacific was a reasonable goal and was made ultimately uniting American to what it is today “from sea to shining sea”. Expanding from the eastern

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    during the 19th century. Westward expansion A.K.A. “Manifest destiny” led to America’s rapid acquisition of the old Mexican Southwest and the Oregon Territory that marked the fulfillment of President James K. Polk’s expansionistic campaign promises. Polk ran on only one platform -- westward expansion. He wanted to officially claim the southern part of Oregon Territory; annex the American Southwest from Mexico; and annex Texas. Thus‚ Polk’s desire for land would eventually cause a great deal of suffering

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    On Christmas Eve of 1809‚ Christopher Houston Carson was born in Madison County of Kentucky. He would be the eleventh child out of fifteen children in his family. When he was younger‚ the Carson family bought the famous Boone family’s farmland to live on because Carson’s father was a farmer and pioneer just as the Boone family was. His father wanted to emulate Daniel Boone. Christopher and his family were of Irish and Scottish descent‚ therefore they belonged to the Presbyterian church. Later in

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    encouraged this because new territories could be added to the US. This was called Manifest Destiny‚ the belief that Americans were entitled and ordained by God to occupy all of North America. If disputed areas in the West such as places like Texas‚ Oregon and New Mexico territories could be settled and have a majority of Americans there‚ then these places could and would become US property by default. The Industrial Revolution just added to this push West by the influx of immigrants to America thus

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    happened the same way too. Our family friend‚ Frank‚ Slapped our cow because it tried eating his shoe and the cow got angry and kicked George. But anyways‚ i’m still packing all of our kitchen utensils and personal items for our long trip to Oregon. I’m bringing to outfits each for the whole family and extra cloth incase someone rips their clothing. Also they get two pairs of shoes each and a repair kit. Also‚ of course‚ i’m bringing my Family Bible.

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    immigrants generally favor the Democrats over the Whigs? 5. What economic and political forces encouraged westward expansion during the 1840s? “California Bank Notes”: Santa Fe Trail: American settlement of Texas and the Texas Revolution (Tejanos‚ Stephen F. Austin‚ and Sam Houston): Overland Trails to Oregon (beaver trade) and California (the Donner Party): 6. How did John Tyler sabotage the Whig political agenda (a new national bank and a revenue tariff)? 7. Why was the Webster-Ashburton

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    disputed territory to the U.S.‚ which established a definite northeastern boundary with Canada. Meanwhile‚ both the U.S. and Britain laid claims on the Oregon territory. The dispute ended in an agreement in which both nations had joint occupation of the land for 10 years. The agreement was renewed indefinitely in 1827. As Americans began settling in the Oregon Territory‚ they began demanding diplomatic and military action to insure total U.S. control of the land. Americans also began moving into a newly

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    Christopher "Kit" Carson was a famous American frontiersmen born in Madison County‚ Kentucky on December 24th‚ 1809‚ who made an important contribution to the expansion of The United States of America. Kit Carson became a legend due to his name associated with several key events in the Westward expansion. Exploration‚ Encounter‚ and Exchange‚ Christopher Carson experienced a lot of this during his life. In 1818 Kit Carson’s father Lindsey Carson died due to an incident while clearing a field

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    west on April 16‚ 1846 not knowing the challenges that they would face.   The Donner Party arrived at their first destination on May 11‚ 1846‚ at Independence  Missouri‚ where they‚ along with everybody else moving west‚ would find the Oregon and  California Trails. This was the beginning point for travelers going west‚ even back in 1843 when  the first wave of emigrants went west (B. Brooke). There they met up with another family  Espinoza 3  traveling to California‚ the Breen family‚ and together they hurried to catch up to the

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    who at the time had no clue how much of an impact this footwear would make in the marketing world. Bill Bowerman was a track and field coach at the University of Oregon with enormous amount of knowledge on athletics and was always looking to help his players maintain the advantage. “Bowerman’s 24 years as coach at the University of Oregon‚ he developed many of the world’s best distance and middle-distance runners‚ among them Steve Prefontaine and Alberto Salazar. He won four National Collegiate Athletic

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