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Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
oh wow!
Zebulon Pike
This is a desert!
President Jefferson was looking for many ways to expand the U.S. territories. They bought it for $15 million from the french. That would be $342 million today.
Stephen Long
Throughout their 8,000 mile journey, 123 miles were spent in Kansas. They thought it was really beautiful, had a variety of game, deer seemed plentiful, and an abundance of raspberries.
Jackson's Speech
in 1806 Pike described the land as a desert. Zebulon was the first American to travel the territory by land.
Indian Removal Act
Stephen traveled by a steamboat and on the map he labeled the area for Kansas to become "The Great American Desert." That view of Kansas stuck and also influenced the us government's settlement policies.
Jackson wants to make a change as in a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive republic. Also filled with all the blessings of liberty, civilization and religion.
The U.S. government didn't think Americans could form or survive because of the explorers description of Kansas. Tensions rise between tribes.

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