INDEX

American Indians, I, II, III, IV

Army, U.S., I

California, I, II, III, IV

canals, I

Erie Canal, I

Clark, William, I, II

colonies, I

13 original colonies, I

Jamestown, I

Plymouth, I

Corps of Topographical Engineers, I

Donner Party, I

farming, I, II, III, IV, V

frontier, I, II, III

Gold Rush, I

Great Plains, I

Independence, Missouri, I, II

Jefferson, Thomas, I

Knight, Amelia, I

laws

Homestead Act of 1862, I

Land Ordinance of 1785, I

Northwest Ordinance, I

Lewis, Meriwether, I, II

Lincoln, Abraham, I

Louisiana Purchase, I, II

Manifest Destiny, I

Mexican War, I

Mormons, I

mountains, I, II

Appalachians, I

Rockies, I, II

Sierra Nevada, I, II

natural resources, I, II, III, IV

O’Sullivan, John, I

Oregon Territory, I, II

Oregon Trail, I

Pony Express, I

Revolutionary War, I

rivers, I, II, III, IV

Columbia, I

Hudson, I

Mississippi, I, II, III

Ohio, I

Santa Fe Trail, I

St. Louis, Missouri, I

Texas, Republic of, I

towns, I, II, III, IV

townships, I

transcontinental railroad

beginning of, I

challenges of, I

completion of, I

workers, I

transcontinental telegraph, I, II

westward migration

diseases, I, II

death, I, II

hardships, I, II, III, IV

jumping-off point, I

wagon trains, I