Westward Expansion

What is Manifest Destiny?

• God given right to expand from coast

• Difficult situations or struggles

• Land that was great for growing crops

• A person that lives on land that doesn't belong to them

What does Temporary mean?

• short period of time

• long period of time

What was one of the thing that were in Land Policies

• Homestead Act ­1861 allowed “squatters” to claim land and keep it

• People could use the land for its resources and move on (leave)

• People could settle permanently (stay) and use the resources

• Gave money for railroads

What does Temporary mean?

• short period of time

• long period of time

Which is a Russian wheat seed picture?

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• All of the Above

What is a Transcontinental Railroad?

• Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US

• Helped build the TR from east to west but Americans thought they were stealing their jobs

What are some things Native Americans did

• Greatly effected because they relied on buffalo

• When migrants moved west, the Native American land was overtaken

• Many were forced to live on reservations

• providing another way to travel

What are the Rocky Mountains?

• Starting point for many pioneers, 'Gateway to the West'

• Mountain range that is located in the western part of the United States

• Land that was great for growing crops

• Carved the Grand Canyon and that flows through the Rocky Mountains

What is a Drought?

• A long period of time with very little precipitation

• Method of transportation during Westward Expansion

What is a American Breadbasket?

• A region of the United States where a large amount of food is produced

• Carved the Grand Canyon and that flows through the Rocky Mountains