This was a rapid influx of fortune seekers to sutter's mill in california in 1849. gold rush this shoshone indian girl was an invaluable guide to lewis and clark on their trek west. sacagawea this was a territory in the western u. s. purchased from france for $15 million in 1803. construction on this began in 1811 and was the first federally funded turnpike in the united states. this is the name given to the purchase of the alaska territory from russia in 1867, for which the u. s. paid $7 million. this was an act of continental congress which initially organized the first united states territory and was to be the basis for governing how the united states would expand westward. this was a major u. s. route from missouri to the northwest in the 19th century. this was the forced migration of the cherokee indians to oklahoma in 1838-39.

"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.