Economic Factors
What was a major reason settlers were attracted to the West for farming?
What belief drove many Americans to expand across the continent?
What is Manifest Destiny?
What was the purpose of the Pacific Railroad Act?
What is to support the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
What transportation innovation completed in 1869 connected the East and West coasts?
What is the First Transcontinental Railroad?
What was one reason Native Americans and settlers had conflicts?
What is settlers took Native American land?
Which natural resource was abundant in the West and promised economic prosperity?
What are minerals (Gold) and timber?
How did population growth in the East influence westward migration?
What is increased competition for jobs, lands, and resources?
Which act led to the forced displacement of Native American Tribes?
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
How did steamboats improve transportation in the West?
What is they provided faster navigation of rivers?
What war started after the U.S. added Texas as a state?
What is the Mexican-American War?
What transportation improvement made it easier for settlers to move west?
What is the construction of the railroads?
What group sought religious freedom and moved to the West?
What are the Mormons?
Which U.S. president aggressively pushed for territorial expansion?
Who is James K. Polk OR Andrew Jackson?
What communication innovation allowed for near-instant message transmission?
What is the telegraph?
What law banned most Chinese immigrants from coming to the U.S. in 1882?
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Name a government act that provided free land to settlers in the West.
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
What was a major reason African American moved West after the Civil War?
What is to escape discrimination and find job opportunities?
What treaty ended the Mexican-American War and added vast western lands to the U.S.?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
What treacherous overland route was used by thousands of pioneers?
What is the Oregon Trail?
What was the forced journey of Native Americans from their lands to reservations?
What is the Trail of Tears?
Why was transportation vital for economic development in the West?
What is it facilitated the movement of people and goods?
How did social attitudes towards Indigenous People contribute to Westward Expansion conflicts?
What is they led to forced removal, broken treaties, and violent clashes?
Which territory was acquired through negotiation with Britain?
What is Oregon?
What farming tool, invented by John Deere, made it easier to plow tough prairie soil?
What is the steel plow?
How did disagreements over slavery contribute to growing divisions between the North and South?
What is the North opposed the expansion of slavery while the South depended on it for their economy, leading to increasing tensions and eventually the Civil War?