Westward Expansion 1
the 19th-century movement of settlers into the American West, began with the Louisiana Purchase and was fueled by the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail, and a belief in "manifest destiny".
What is our Westward Expansion Unit?
What river is the eastern border of the Louisiana Territory?
Mississippi River
What happened to the donner party?
They took a "shortcut" that actually added miles and then get stuck in the Sierra Nevada mountains. They had to resort to cannibalism to survive.
What native american tribe lived in the Mexican Cession?
Pueblo
How do you get dysentery?
Eating food or drinking water that is contaminated with fecal matter
What were reasons that people moved West?
MAN LETS GO
(Manifest Destiny, Land, Eastern cities are overcrowded, transportation improved, formerly enslaved people wanted to start fresh, gold, overland trails improved)
Which European power never owned the Louisiana territory?
Great Britain
What was the forced march of Native Americans to the Oregon territory?
Owned the Louisiana Purchase before it was purchased by the US
Who is France?
People traveled to California because of....
What is the Gold Rush?
Sacagewea
How did the United States gain Texas?
After texas was an independent republic, we made a treaty bringing them in
What native american tribe lived in the oregon territory?
Kwakiutl
Route did people travel to move west
What is The Oregon Trail?
Purchase that doubled the size of the US
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This law gave millions of acres to settlers. Each citizen could apply to receive 160 acres of land with the understanding if they lived on it for 5 years and settled the land, it would be free to them.
What is the Homestead Act?
President purchased the Louisiana Purchase
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Law gave the President the power to force Native American tribes to move to land west of the Mississippi River
What is the Indian Removal Act?
What was the number one killer of people until the Civil War?
Dysentery
What is the name of the lady in the painting: American Progress?
Columbia
How did the United States gain the Mexican Cession?
At the end of the Mexican-American War, through a treaty and money
How did the United States gain the Oregon territory?
Negotiations with Great Britain
The idea that the United States should expand west to the Pacific Ocean to better the country
What is Manifest Destiny?
Thousands of Americans head West lured by the idea of becoming instant millionaires
What is the Gold Rush?
Which native american tribe lived in the Great Plains?
Lakota