Manifest Destiny and Migration
This term means the U.S. had the God-given right to expand westward
What is Manifest Destiny?)*
Gold was first discovered here in 1848
Sutter’s Mill)*
Name one company that built the Transcontinental Railroad
Union Pacific or Central Pacific
Main reason for conflict with settlers
Land expansion
Belief in coast-to-coast U.S. growth.
Manifest Destiny
One main reason settlers moved west in the 1800s
Farmland/opportunity
Cities that grew quickly near mining sites.
Boomtowns
Location of the Golden Spike ceremony
Promontory Point, Utah)*
Land set aside for Native tribes.
Reservation
A settlement where population increases quickly due to resource discovery
Boomtown)*
Deadly disease on the Oregon Trail.
Cholera
The year California became a state
1850)*
Coast-to-coast travel time after railroad completion
10 days
Why treaties failed to protect Native lands
Frequently broken
Meeting place of the Union and Central Pacific rail lines.
Promontory Point
This method of travel provided safety and supplies for settlers
Wagon train)*
Group that profited most during Gold Rush besides miners.
Merchants
Immigrant group heavily involved in Central Pacific construction
Chinese workers)*
Name one Native leader who resisted expansion
Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse
Disease that spread due to poor sanitation on western trails
Cholera
One environmental obstacle settlers faced on the Oregon Trail.
Mountain ranges, rivers, weather, etc.)*
One lasting effect of the Gold Rush on California’s population
Increased diversity, urban growth)*
One negative impact of the railroad on Native Americans
Loss of land, buffalo decline
One long-term effect of reservation life
Cultural loss, economic hardship
Government-ordered removal of Native tribes from their lands
Indian Removal