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100
This group was pushed into reservations and striped of their land.
Native Americans
100
Who asked Lewis and Clark to explore Louisiana?
President Jefferson
100
What mode of transportation helped make westward expansion possible?
Railroad (Trains)
100

Mexican troops attack the ____ Mission killing all but two Texans. This spurs the Texans on in the Texas Revolution.


Alamo
100
What rush caused the biggest push to go west?
Gold
200
What animal was almost completely wiped out?
Buffalo
200
Who reached the pacific ocean?
Lewis and Clark
200
What purchase allowed the beginning on westward expansion (hint it was purchased from France)
Louisiana purchase 
200
Battle in 1876
Little Big Horn
200
What was the "Ghost Dance Movement"
A dance ritual made by native American's that was thought to make the white man go away and the buffalo to return.
300
The biggest mode of transportation in the US
Transcontinental railroad.
300
Claimed "Manifest Destiny"
John O'Sullivan
300
How did the federal government help fund westward expansion?
Military 
300

A war fought over the rights to Texas. After the war, the United States paid Mexico $15 million for land that would later become California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of several other states. 


Mexican-American War
300
What year did the gold rush begin?
1848
400
Which two states would not be part of the US today if not for westward expansion?
California and Oregon
400
Leaded of the Sioux Wars
Sitting Bull
400

The U.S. government offers up free land to farmers who agree to live on the land for five years and make improvements to the land. Many people rush to places like Oklahoma to claim their land. What was this Act called?


Homestead Act
400

The Cherokee nation was subject to a brutal mass migration that came to be known as the

Trail of Tears
400
What year did Texas become a US state?
1845
500
____ Runs from SEA to SEA
The United States Of America


500
Who wrote the speech "The Significance of the American Frontier In American History" ?
Fredrick Jackson Turner 
500

The United States government agrees to help fund a railroad from California to Missouri. 


Pacific Railroad Act
500

As white settlers moved into the Great Plains region, they battled the Plains Indian tribes in a series of conflicts known as the ________ .

Sioux Wars

500
Who discovered the Cumberland Gap?
Daniele Boone