Western Expansion

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
• The belief that their destiny was to manifest
• A religious term used to explain how to be saved

As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?

• They agreed to give up their land.
• They were given their choice of where to live.
• They were forced to live in reservations.
• They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did people travel together during the Oregon Trail?

• To save gas money
• for mutual protection

These are motivations for pioneers to move West: Cheaper living, land, gold, religious freedom, new opportunities

• True
• False

boomtown

• A town that makes loud noises.
• A town that sprang up near an important mining stake, rail center or cattle center.
• Towns built near the ocean
• Towns that last a long time.

cholera

• A  yummy desert eaten on the Oregon trail
• A song sung around the campfire
• A disease that was easy to cure and few people caught
• A common and deadly disease that pioneera caught by drinking dirty water

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad

This state became the 28th state to join the US after it gained its independence from Mexico.

• Florida

• Arizona

• New Mexico

• Texas

Florida became part of the United States as a result of:

• a purchase from Spain
• the Mexican War
• annexation
• the Revolutionary War

Which group lost the most from the building of the railroads?

• Settlers
• Western citizens
• The government
• Native Americans