Westward Expansion Basics
What was the belief that Americans were meant to expand across the continent?
What is Manifest Destiny?
What happened to many Native American tribes as settlers moved West?
What is "they were forced off their land?"
What group of people were forced to work without pay during westward expansion?
What are enslaved Africans/African Americans?
What are cultural practices?
What are traditions and ways of life?
Cause: Settlers moved West.
Effect: What happened to Native Americans?
What is they were displaced/forced to move?
What direction did settlers move during westward expansion?
What is West?
What is the name of the forced journey many Native Americans took to the West?
What is the "Trail of Tears"?
Why were enslaved people moved West?
What is to work on farms/plantations?
What is it called when people are forced to move?
What is forced migration?
Cause: New land for farming.
Effect: What happened to enslaved people?
What is they were moved West to work?
Name one reason settlers moved West.
What is land/opportunity/gold/farming?
What were Native Americans trying to protect during relocation?
What are their land, culture, and traditions?
What often happened to families when enslaved people were moved?
What is families were separated?
Name one example of a cultural practice.
What is language/music/religion/ceremonies?
Cause: Forced migration. Effect: What happened to families?
What is they were separated?
What type of people moved West to settle new lands?
What are settlers or pioneers?
Name one challenge Native Americans faced during relocation.
What is disease/hunger/exposure/long travel?
Name one way enslaved people kept their culture alive.
What is music/religion/storytelling/traditions?
Why were cultural practices important during westward expansion?
What is they helped people stay connected and strong?
Cause: Loss of land.
Effect: What happened to Native American culture?
What is it was challenged but continued?
What was one major effect of westward expansion on the United States?
What is the growth of land/territory?
How did Native Americans keep their culture alive?
What is through traditions, language, and ceremonies?
What is one way enslaved people resisted or stayed strong?
What is maintaining culture/building community/resisting in small ways?
How were the migration experiences of Native Americans and enslaved Africans similar?
What is both were forced and faced hardship?
Cause: Harsh journeys. Effect: What happened to many people?
What is illness/death/suffering?