How the United States Grew

​How the United States Grew

• ​Remember that Lewis & Clark explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase in the early 1800's.

• Other explorers traveling west from the Mississippi River first found the flat grassy plains that stretched for hundreds of miles in all directions.

• There were few trees on these plains.

Westward Exploration

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What did the explorers find west of the Mississippi River?

• Flat Grassy Plains

• Desert Land

• Rocky Mountains
• Pacific Ocean

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True or False:

The plains have lots of trees.

• True

• False

• Beyond the plains, explorers had to cross the Rocky Mountains.

• Some of the explorers made maps of the easiest way to cross the Rocky Mountains and the desert areas west of the Rocky Mountains.

• Eventually explorers got all the way to the California coast.

The Rocky Mountains

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What was beyond the plains?

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Rocky Mountains

Endless desert

Mysterious forests

Vast oceans

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What did explorers make to help guide others across the Rocky Mountains?

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How far did explorers go beyond the Rocky Mountains?

• Mississippi River
• Atlantic Ocean
• Great Lakes
• California Coast

• ​Some of the explorers helped set up trade routes such as the Santa Fe Trail.

• They also set up other routes west.

• One of these routes was the Oregon Trail.

• The Oregon Trail led to Oregon Country.

Westward Trade Routes

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What trade route did explorers set up to get to Texas and the Mexico Territory?

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Santa Fe Trail

Old Spanish Trail

Oregon Trail

Camino Real

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Which route led to the Oregon Country?

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Which trail is the Oregon Trail?

• Green Trail

• Red Trail

• Orange Trail

• Purple Trail

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Which trail is the Santa Fe Trail?

• Green Trail

• Red Trail

• Brown Trail

• Purple Trail

• People back east began to hear about the good farmland in Oregon Country.

• They wanted to move there.

• In 1843, the first large group of pioneers set out in covered wagons.

• They followed the Oregon Trail.

• It was a very hard trip in a covered wagon.

• Sometimes the pioneers didn't have enough food or water. The trip to Oregon took about 6 months.

Oregon Country

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Why did people want to move to the Oregon Country?

• Good Schools

• Dry Weather

• Good Farmland

• Less crowded cities

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How did people get to the Oregon Territory?

• Traveling in a covered wagon

• Traveling by hot air balloon
• Teleporting with magic
• Riding on a submarine

• ​The Oregon Country was claimed by both Great Britain and the United States.

• Settlers from both Great Britain and the United States went to Oregon, but most of the settlers were Americans.

• Great Britain finally gave up its claim to the Oregon Country, and it officially became part of the United States.

Who does Oregon Belong to?

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Which 2 countries claimed the Oregon Territory?

• The United States

• Great Britain

• France

• Mexico

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Which country did Oregon end up becoming a part of?

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Canada

United States

Mexico

Australia

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Oregon Country

Texas

Louisiana Purchase