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How Expansive Is Oregon Trail History? with Professor Margaret Huettl

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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The Oregon Trail and the Transcontinental Railroad

The oregon trail was in its height from 18 forty one to 18 69. Seven years before that decline, n 18 62, this homestead act has passed. People are going west and west. You know, airo americans are. They are settling this land with ther bodies,. Claiming the land which is causing further displacement of native people. And then after that treaty is when it's like broken, and then they just stole the land.

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