Westward Expansion vocabulary

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Any state that did not allow slavery before the Civil War.

The rush of settlers to California that began in 1848 after the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill.

Land set aside by the federal government for American Indians

Any state that allowed slavery before the Civil War.

The belief that the United States should control the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A person who discovers a new route through unexplored places.

To cross a body of water at a shallow place.

Something that is given up, such as a land.