Challenges
An extreme weather phenomena faced by frontiersman in the West and familiar to the Northerners.
This president authorized the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.
Who is President Thomas Jefferson?
The ideological belief regarding American politics and territory that led to the westward migration.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This native american tribe was one of the largest groups of people and lived west of the Appalachian mountains.
Who are the Cherokee?
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
The primary "trail" that would take you to the Pacific coast.
What is the Oregon Trail?
These men mapped the new territory to the Pacific.
Who are Captain Meriweather Lewis and Lt. William Clark?
This event was characterized by the finding of a precious metal in a coastal state and led to the mass migration of miners to said state.
What is the California Gold Rush of 1849?
This Cheyenne economic pursuit was impacted by the construction of a transcontinental railroad.
What is trade?
This land purchase in 1803 from the French.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The number of months it took the pioneers to reach the West coast.
What is 4-6 months?
The Native American guide and interpreter for the two men who mapped the territory to the Pacific.
Who is Sacagawea?
This religious group migrated West to escape religious persecution.
Who are the Mormons?
Present-day US state that was formerly designated as "Indian Territory".
What is Oklahoma?
This land act that designated 160 acres to pioneers that would let people keep the land for free if they made something of it after four years.
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
The primary killer on the journey west.
What is cholera?
The cartographer who mapped vast parts of the American West.
Who is John C. Frémont?
The main economic driver for Americans to settle the West.
What is the popularization of beef and cattle products?
The law signed by President Andrew Jackson that displaced Native Americans from their land.
What is Indian Treaties and the Removal Act of 1830?
This act authorized the Union Pacific and Central Pacific companies to build the first transcontinental railroad.
What is the Pacific Railway Act of 1862?
The name of the disputes in the American West during the migration.
What is the "range wars"?
The Shawnee leader who tried to united the Native American tribes against U.S. expansion.
Who is Tecumseh?
This profession saw significant growth during the westward expansion.
What is mining?
What is the Trail of Tears?
This ordinance, likely penned by Nathan Dane and Rufus King, ultimately outlined the expectations for new land purchases.
The Northwest Ordinance, 1787