revenue - Money collected by the government, often from taxes., frontier - The place where people are moving into new land that is not fully settled yet, reservation - Areas of land set aside by the U.S. government for Native Americans, Erie Canal - A canal that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, helping trade and transportation., National Road - A major road that connected the eastern U.S. to the western territories., Oregon Country - The region in the Pacific Northwest that was claimed by both the U.S. and Britain., Homestead Act - A law that gave people up to 160 acres of public land in exchange for a small fee and their agreement to live on and improve the land, Oregon Trail - A trail used by settlers moving west to Oregon, known for its difficulties., Manifest Destiny - The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the continent., Forty-niners - The people who traveled to California in 1849 to find gold during the Gold Rush., pioneer - Someone who was among the first people to settle in a new area, Gold Rush - The rapid movement of an estimated 300,000 fortune seekers to California in 1848-1852, pass - Low point in a mountain range that provided a relatively easy route for pioneers traveling westward, allowing them to cross the Rocky Mountains, prospector - A person who searches for gold or mineral deposits, especially by drilling and excavation, Mormons - Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who migrated west across the United States in the mid-1800s.,

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