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The Alamo

Cattle Industry on the Great Plains

Changes on the American Frontier

A Growing America

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Western Expansion

Andrew Jackson 

Trail of Tears

The American West

1801-1861 - Expansion and Reform 

In the Wake of War

Gold Rush

Looking to the West - Miners, Ranchers, Farmers, Cowboys (1860-1900) ppt

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Comstock Lode

The Railroads 

Closing the Western Frontier

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Western Growth

Native Americans 

The Populist Party 

Growth and Transformation (background) 

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