Oregon Trail,
Indian Removal Act
Indian Removal
Westward Movement
western pioneers
law allowed the federal government to force American Indians to move west
a route that stretched over 2,000 miles from Missouri to Oregon
Traders looking for new sources of goods
Threatened by the U.S. Army, most American Indian groups signed treaties agreeing to expulsion.
Expansion of the United States westward across the Appalachian Mountains and eventually across the Mississippi River.