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Field trip across the westward expansion

Field trip across the westward expansion. Lewis and Clark. for your first field trip site you will be visiting the Louisiana purchase. In May, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on an amazing expedition across the Louisiana Territory.

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Field trip across the westward expansion

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  1. Field trip across the westward expansion

  2. Lewis and Clark • for your first field trip site you will be visiting the Louisiana purchase.

  3. In May, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on an amazing expedition across the Louisiana Territory

  4. The Lewis and Clark Expedition is more than the story of two men. It is the story of many: individuals and groups, military men and scientists, a president and a slave, women and men, French-speaking boatmen and American Indians. Lewis & Clark @ nationalgeographic.com

  5. Oregon trail • Your next site you will visit is the Oregon trail.

  6. The Oregon Trail was one of the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, leading from locations on the Missouri River to the Oregon Country. • Oregon Trail Online

  7. http://www.nps.gov/trte/index.htm The New Oregon Trail

  8. Texas Independence • Now you have finished your visit with the Oregon trail how about a trip to the Texas independence.

  9. The Texas Revolution is best understood as an event that occurred within a larger Mexican civil war. • In 1905 the State of Texas granted the Daughters of the Republic of Texas trusteeship of the historic site with instructions to preserve the Alamo as a sacred memorial to the heroes who immolated themselves upon this hallowed ground.

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