1840 ⟶ Westward Expansion Begins: Trails to California and Oregon Established
1840s: Oregon Trail as well as the Santa Fe Trail, Platte Ro...
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🛤️ Westward Expansion Begins: Trails to California and Oregon Established
1840s: Oregon Trail as well as the Santa Fe Trail, Platte Road and Mormon Trail provided Westward mobility into California and Oregon. Motivations for use of such trails include market opportunity and escape from religious persecution.⟶
Westward ExpansionManifest DestinyPioneersMigrationReligious Violence
United States🛺 First Major Wagon Train Departs Missouri
The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.⟶
American WestManifest DestinyWestward ExpansionPioneersMigrationSettlementTransportation
United States🧳 Mormon Exodus to Utah Begins
1846–1847: Mormon migration to Utah.Liberal and nationalist pressure led to the European revolutions of 1848.⟶
MormonismReligious MigrationWestward ExpansionAmerican HistoryReligious ViolencePioneers
United States🗣️ Seneca Falls Convention Launches Women's Rights Movement
Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for women's suffrage.⟶
Women's RightsSuffrageSocial ReformFeminismGender EqualityUnited States HistoryActivism
United States🏞️ Yellowstone National Park Established
Yellowstone national park, the first national park, is created.⟶
ConservationEnvironmentalismUnited States HistoryTourism
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