3rd Grade Chapter 6, Section 1 Vocabulary

the belief that the United States had a natural right to expand the country and that America would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

A painting that represents the idea of Manifest Destiny.

Breakdown:

1. Columbia-woman in the painting that is leading the march westward;

2. Columbia carries a book and a telegraph wire- this symbolizes the spread of education, technology and civilization

3. West side-Dark colors, wild animals , mountains represent the untamed/uncivilized society

4. East side- bright colors represent transportation like steamships, trains, stagecoaches represent a modern society

5. Displaced Native Americans- fleeing on horseback represents displacement and destruction of their way of life

Zebulon Pike and his crew were the first to settle and explore parts of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains.

1. 1. a well known explorer that led a crew to be the first settlers to explore parts of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains

2. 2. Pike's Peak is named after his discovery of the mountain

1. 1. a mountain that Zebulon Pike saw and described as a "small blue cloud" in the distance

2. 2. this mountain became known as Pike's Peak

a state in the western United States that has the Rocky Mountains and the Colorado River as major geographic features

John C. Fremont began surveying the land in the American West to find a good route for a railroad

1. 1. an early explorer that surveyed the American West trying to find a route for a railroad

2. 2. spent 10 years exploring lands near the Rocky Mountains

3. 3. earned the nickname "The Pathfinder"

1. 1. the largest mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America

2. 2. is nicknamed "The Rockies"

3. 3. stretches from Canada through Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and down to New Mexico

the first to settle in a country or an area