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Currier & Ives: The Rocky Mountains: Emigrants Crossing the Plains
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American frontier
Northwest Territory 1785–87
Treaty of Greenville
American frontier; Kentucky
Whiskey Rebellion
United States: 1783–1812
American frontier; Northwest Territory
American frontier
The impact of the Louisiana Purchase on the U.S.
Learn how the U.S. Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance to outline settlement of the Northwest Territory
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