Moving West
This was the time in the 1800s when many americans moved west across the country.
What is Westward Expansion?
This 1803 land deal helped the US grow larger
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Moving west often led to conflicts between settlers and this group
What are Native americans?
People moved west because they wanted more of this
What is land?
This law gave settlers 160 acres if they farmed it for five years
What is the Homestead Act?
These wars were hundreds of conflicts between the US and Native American tribes over land and resources
What are American Frontier wars?
Many settlers hoped to get rich by finding this shiny metal
What is gold?
This act helped fund a railroad connecting the East and West coasts
What is the Pacific Railway act?
This tragic event forced many Native americans, to move from their homelands
What is the Trail of Tears?
By 1890, the US stretched from this ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This railroad made traveling across the country much easier
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
The Plains Indian Wars were part of this larger series of conflicts.
What are the American Frontier wars?