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WHEN DID AMERICANS PUSH STEADILY WESTWARD, MOVING EVEN BEYOND THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES
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IN THE EARLY 1800's
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HOW DID THE AMERICANS TRAVEL WEST?
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CANOE, FLATBOAT, HORSEBACK, WAGON TRAIN, OR WALKED
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WHAT CAUSED EVERYONE TO RUSH TO THE WEST?
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"HAT" {BEAVER}
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WHY DID SO MANY PEOPLE WANT THE BEAVER HATS?
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THEY WERE MADE FROM WATER-REPELLENT BEAVER FUR
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FRENCH,BRITISH, AND AMERICAN COMPANIES DID WHAT?
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KILLED OFF THE BEAVER POPULATION IN THE EAST
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WHO WAS JOHN JACOB ASTOR?
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AMERICAN FUR TRADER AND FINANCIER, HE FOUNDED THE FUR-TRADING POST OF ASTORIA AND THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY
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FUR TRADERS AND TRAPPERS BECAME KNOWN AS WHAT?
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MOUNTAIN MEN
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WHO WERE SOME MOUTAIN MEN WHO SURVIVED HARDSHIPS DURING THEIR SEARCH FOR WEALTH AND ADVENTURE
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JEDEIAH SMITH, MANUEL LISA, JIM BRIDGER, AND JIM BECKWOURTH
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WHO ASKED WAS THE PIONEER THAT ASKED HIS TRADERS TO MEET ONCE A YEAR TO TRADE AND BE SOCIAL?
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PIONEER WILLIAM ASHLEY
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WHAT WAS THE YEARLY MEETINGS KNOW AS?
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RENDEZVOUS
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WHERE WAS ASTORIA LOCATED?
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MOUTH OF THE COLIMBIA RIVER
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WHAT WERE THE FOUR COUNTRY'S OCCUPYING THE LAND OF THE OREGON COUNTRY?
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BRITIAN, RUSSIA, SPAIN, AND THE UNITED STATES
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WHAT INSPIRED AMERICANS TO MOVE WEST?
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DARING STORIES, ALONG TREATIES MADE BY U.S. GOVERNMENT
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2,000 MILE LONG TRAIL, WHICH STRECHED FROM PLACES SUCH AS INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, OR COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, WEST INTO OREGON COUNTRY
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OREGON TRAIL
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AFTER CROSSING THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS THE TRAIL FORKED, WHERE DID IT FORK TO?
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THE NORTHERN BRACH WOULD BRING YOU INTO WILLAMETTE VALLEY IN OREGON. THE SOUTHERN BRANCH WOULD BRING YOU INTO OREGON
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