USII.4A Reasons for Westward Expansion

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Susan has no money and lives in NYC. She has the opportunity to move out West and work for a silver mining company.

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Possibility for wealth

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What should Carl use to avoid a 6 month long trek across the US to live with his brother and sister-in-law? Options: Transcontinental Railroad, Transcontinental Airplane, Transnational Railroad, Transnational Car

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Transcontinental Railroad

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What was the act that would give John 150 acres of land for free?

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Homestead Act

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Bernadette and her husband want their own land and to start over again after hard lives as slaves following the Civil War. Moving west seems to be the answer

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New beginning for former slaves

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The popular American belief that it is our God-given right and duty to expand America from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean

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Manifest Destiny