Big Ideas
This belief said the United States was meant to expand west.
What is Manifest Destiny?
What 1803 event doubled the size of the United States?
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The Louisiana Purchase led directly to more ______ for settlement in the West.
What is land?
Which battle featured Native American tribes defeating George Custer?
What is the Battle of Little Big Horn?
From which country did the United States buy the Louisiana Territory?
What is France?
Name one major way westward expansion changed the country.
It increased U.S. land and population or changed the economy and borders.
What discovery led thousands of people to move to California in 1848?
What is gold (the Gold Rush)?
The Gold Rush caused rapid ______ growth in California.
What is population?
What 1890 event resulted in the deaths of more than 200 Lakota Sioux?
What is Wounded Knee?
After the Gold Rush, California became a state in what year?
What is 1850?
This group lost land and freedom as settlers moved west.
Who were Native American tribes?
When Texas gained independence in 1836, which country did it break away from?
What is Mexico?
Manifest Destiny caused expansion and increased ______ with Native Americans.
What is conflict?
What do we call land set aside by the U.S. government for Native Americans?
What are reservations?
What discovery in Nevada caused a major silver mining boom?
What is the Comstock Lode?
Give two reasons Americans moved west.
Land, gold, farming opportunities, or new jobs.
Which 1876 battle ended in a major defeat for the U.S. Army?
What is the Battle of Little Big Horn?
Texas joining the United States increased tensions with which country?
What is Mexico?
An agreement between the U.S. government and Native tribes about land.
What is the Treaty of Fort Laramie?
What happened to Texas after it won independence from Mexico?
It later became part of the United States.
Why did Manifest Destiny both encourage growth and cause conflict at the same time?
It encouraged settlement and expansion but led to conflicts with Native Americans and other nations over land.
How did the events at Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee show a turning point for Native Americans?
They showed resistance at first, followed by the end of major Native American resistance.
Explain one cause-and-effect relationship between westward expansion and Native American life.
Expansion caused Native Americans to lose land, freedom, and control over their way of life.
Why is Wounded Knee considered the end of major Native American resistance?
It showed that armed resistance had largely ended after years of conflict and loss.
What happened to the Texan forces at the Battle of the Alamo?
They were defeated by Mexican forces.