Maps & Territories
This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
Bonus: What country did the U.S. purchase it from?
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
France.
This was the belief that the United States should expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The Indian Removal Act was signed by this president.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
People traveled west in these vehicles.
What are wagons?
This group was already living on many western lands before settlers arrived.
Who are Indigenous People?
This belief argued that the United States was destined to expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Many supporters believed expansion would create new opportunities for this.
What is land ownership (or farming)?
This Indigenous Nation opposed removal and fought for their rights.
Who are the Cherokee?
Many settlers hoped to find this in the West.
Land
Opportunity
A better life
Gold
This vocab word helps historians think critically and answer the question:
"Whose voice is represented?"
What is Perspective?
This river was the last river settlers crossed on the Oregon Trail.
What is the Columbia River?
This group often lost land as a result of expansion.
Who are Indigenous Peoples?
The forced journey of many Cherokee people is known as this.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The Oregon Trail was known for having many dangers. These are some of the dangers.
Disease
Bad Weather
Lack of food/water
Others
The U.S.–Mexico War was viewed differently by Americans and this group.
Who are Mexicans?
The United States gained a large amount of land after this war.
What is the U.S.-Mexico War?
Manifest Destiny was an example of a belief or idea. In IB language, we call this an:
What is an ideology?
Indigenous nations attempted to do this with the U.S. government before removal.
Negotiate a compromise.
True or False:
Everyone became rich after traveling west.
What is False?
Name two groups who experienced westward expansion differently.
Settlers and Indigenous Peoples
Americans and Mexicans
Settlers and Californios
Chinese immigrants and settlers
Name one way the map of the United States changed during westward expansion.
More territory
New states
Expansion to the Pacific Ocean
Louisiana Purchase
Texas Annexation
Mexican Cession
Name one reason some Americans supported Manifest Destiny.
More land
Economic opportunities
Farming
Resources
National growth
Name one way Indigenous peoples resisted removal.
Petitions
Court cases
Advocacy
Leadership
Speaking out
Whose perspective is left out from the Oregon Trail video game?
Who are the Indigenous People?
Why is it important to consider multiple perspectives?
History affects people differently.
Different groups have different experiences.
It helps us understand a fuller story.