MAN, Let's Go! Reasons for Expansion (1.8b)

Americans believe it is their role to expand. What is the belief that the west was ours called?

• American Independence
• Manifest Destiny
• State's Rights
• Sea to shining sea

What was one economic reason people moved west?

• To buy new clothes

• To milk cows

• The Gold Rush

• The Louisiana Purchase

What did slaves want by moving west?

• freedom

• gold

• food

• a new state

Transportation was _______________ and _______________.

• free and far

• faster and cheaper

• faster and farther

• not available

Land was cheap, available, and ________________.

• free

• far

• fertile

• faster

In addition to gold, what other economic opportunities were available out west?

• logging and farming

• building cars

• making airplanes

• there were no others

Overland trails ____________________ out west, making it easier for more people to settle there.

• got worse

• didn't exist

• disappeared

• improved

What was happening in the East that resulted in many pioneers moving elsewhere?

• town meetings

• overcrowding

• exciting cities

What were the three reasons people went West for land?
The land was: _________, ________ and ___________.

• cheap

• unavailable

• available

• fertile

What were the three economic reasons people went West?

• overcrowding

• gold

• logging

• farming