Westward Expansion

A large region of land

• expedition

• expansion

• annex

• territory

An area of land set aside by the US government for Native Americans

• annex

• cede

• reservation

• expedition

a geographic line between two places

• cede

• reservation

• boundary

• territory

a trip by a group of people and is also the group of people itself

• expansion

• expedition

• cede

• acquisition

the act or process of growing

• acquisition

• annex

• cede

• expansion

to add new land by taking control of it

• annex

• cede

• acquisition

• territory

the give up land; is usually the result of a treaty

• cede

• annex

• expansion

• acquisition

something that is gained

• cede

• annex

• acquisition

• territory

What is Manifest Destiny?

• believing in fate

• it was our right for the US to expand west to the Pacific Ocean

• it was our right to expand east

• to give people more room

Which is a reason why the US wanted to expand westward?

• to give people more room to farm, work, and build homes

• to run away from their problems

• to start a war

• because someone told the US to