Timeline trackers: Westward Expansion
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A timeline history of the California Gold Rush
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A timeline history of the Mexican-American War
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Pub. Date
2016
Description
In the early nineteenth century, much of the land west of the Mississippi River was not yet part of the United States. Many people dreamed of settling this huge area, but the journey to get there was long and dangerous. By the mid-1860s, a bold plan had taken shape: the country had decided to build a single railroad stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.