HIS 346L Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Gadsden Purchase, William B. Travis, Contiguous United States
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Columbia river was used by lewis and clark on their journey to the pacific. San diego was founded as a spanish mission. Mormons settled in the great salt lake valley. The mexican cession was obtained as the result of the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo. Gold (cid:449)as dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)ered i(cid:374) sutter"s fort i(cid:374) (cid:1005)8(cid:1008)8. 49 degrees north was the boundary line which settled the oregon dispute with great britain. Kentucky was the first state admitted to the union from west of the appalachian mountains. The oregon trail followed the platte river across the great plains. The louisiana purchase was obtained from france in 1803. Lewis and clark began their epic journey from st. louis in may 1804. Several settlers turned to cannibalism at donner pass in the winter of 1846 1847. The missouri river was used by lewis and clark as a waterway to the rocky mountains.
