Vocabulary
The wild west was one of these.
What is a frontier?
This started the move West for many people.
What is the gold rush?
This was designed to make travel and transport of supplies easier.
What is the transcontinental railroad?
We would not have all the land west of this if Westward expansion had not happened.
What is the Mississippi River?
A parade of people moving West was called this.
What is a wagon train?
The US bought this piece of land from France.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
The Civil War was started over this topic.
What is slavery?
The West had many of these that caused the economy to grow.
What is resources?
This is what the Homestead Act said.
What is live on the land for 5 years and improve it to get it for free?
These 2 groups of people already had the West settled.
Who are Native Americans and Mexicans?
These people groups could also settle land in the West.
Who are freed slaves and immigrants?
Native American tribes were forced off their land into these.
What are reservations?
Manifest destiny was when Americans thought this.
What is that Americans were supposed to settle all of North America?
Manifest destiny usually had this as its driving reason.
What is religion?
The transcontinental railroad connected these two places.
What are the East coast and West coast?
The Civil War signaled the end of this in America.
What is slavery?
Our main topic, Westward Expansion, means this.
What is the time period in the 1800s where many people moved West to settle land?
This president signed the Homestead Act into law.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
People traveled across the plains in this.
What is a covered wagon?
Westward Expansion doubled this.
What is the size of the US?