Trails West
This trail led settlers to fertile farmland in the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The belief that the U.S. should expand across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Gold was discovered in this state in 1848.
What is California?
He was the U.S. president during westward expansion and war with Mexico.
Who is James K. Polk?
A deadly disease that spread on the trails.
What is cholera?
This trail became popular during the Gold Rush.
What is the California Trail?
This president strongly supported expansion and led during the Mexican-American War.
Who is James K. Polk?
This event brought thousands of “Forty-Niners” west.
What is the Gold Rush?
He discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill.
Who is James W. Marshall?
A major challenge travelers faced crossing rivers.
What is drowning / strong currents?
This trail was mainly used for trade with Mexico.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
This slogan showed the U.S. wanted all of Oregon.
What is “54°40’ or Fight”?
Texas won independence from this country in 1836.
What is Mexico?
He owned the land where gold was first discovered in California.
Who is John Sutter?
This lack of resource caused problems in deserts.
What is water?
This shortcut caused delays and tragedy for the Donner Party.
What is the Hastings Cutoff?
The U.S. gained land from this country after the Mexican-American War.
What is Mexico?
This group became trapped in the mountains during winter.
Who are the Donner Party?
This abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Harsh winters caused this group to become stranded.
Who are the Donner Party?
This mountain range trapped the Donner Party in winter.
What are the Sierra Nevada Mountains?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This compromise tried to balance free and slave states in 1820.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This man promoted the dangerous Hastings Cutoff.
Who is Lansford Hastings?
This group was negatively affected by westward expansion and lost land.
Who are Native Americans?