Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895).
A supposed shortcut that actually added roughly 150 miles of difficult terrain, notoriously taken by the doomed Donner Party.
Hastings Cutoff appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Period Studies, especially America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895) and Early Settlers and Challenges.
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