Overview
The promise of gold
What is a reason people moved west?
Homesteaders could buy 160 acres of land under this act.
What is the Homestead Act?
What is the National Road?
in 1803 the United States gained the Louisiana Territory
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
the belief that America should expand to the west coast.
What is the Manifest Destiny?
This act kicked Indian Natives off of valuable land.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
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What is short for engine?
a battle between the Mexicans and the Texans, who are remembered for their bravery.
What was the Alamo?
The negatives and positives of moving somewhere.
What is the cost and benefits?
the Transcontinental Railroad was built as a result of this act.
What is the Pacific Railway Act?
The Clermont.
What is the name of the first steamship?
this trail was extremely difficult and many settlers died
What is the Oregon Trail?
The Pacific Railway Act, Indian Removal Act, and Homestead Act.
What federal policies helped Westward Expansion?
These acts both went into effect in 1862.
What is the Pacific Railway Act and the Homestead Act?
The first system of locks that allowed ship travel between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
What is the Erie Canal?
increased settlement to California eventually making it a state.
What is the California Gold Rush?
The Cotton Gin, McCormick's Reaper, Steamship, and Railroads.
What technologies helped promote Westward Expansion?
people who bought land for $18 dollars for 160 acres of land.
What is a homesteader?
What are "iron horses"?
People could claim 640 acres of land for free.
What is the Oregon Territory?