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It was a series of journies to create more land for America, so they could go west of the Appalachian Mountians to reach the Western border.

Personally I thought it was all about the California Gold Rush. Once James Marshall found gold, there was a gigantic rush to California as people came for their chance at instant riches.

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West of the Mississippi and east of the great plains

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all of the states that where purchased with the lewiseana parches and that is also what started the Lewis and Clark expedition

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