Westward Expansion I

Front

Whose labor built most of the transcontinental railroad?

Back

Chinese and Irish immigrants

Front

The USA started on the Atlantic coast, and spread ____ to cover the continent.

Back

west

Front

Before the transcontinental railroad, getting across the country took about ___. It was expensive and dangerous.

Back

6 months

Front

Critically, the transcontinental railroad connected ___ to ___.

Back

Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean

Front

Why was the transcontinental railroad so important to the American economy?

Back

It connected the east to the west for transportation and trade

Front

Our Essential Question for this unit is ___.

Back

How did the USA become a world power?

Front

The most important resource for Native Americans at the time was the ___.

Back

Bison/buffalo

Front

The belief that God gave American Christians the right to all the land across North America is known as ___.

Back

Manifest Destiny

Front

When a country spreads out and grows across more land, it is called ___.

Back

Expansion

Front

A law that gave free western land to anyone who built a home and farmed there is known as the ___.

Back

Homestead Act