Social Studies Unit 4 Topic 1 Vocabulary

term used to describe how the US moved west

• Oregon Trail

• Westward Expansion

• Homestead Act

• Settler

wagon trail that settlers used to move west

• Oregon Trail

• Westward Expansion

• Homestead Act

• Settler

person who settles in a new country or land

• Oregon Trail

• Westward Expansion

• Homestead Act

• Settler

Law that allowed any American citizen to claim 160 acres of land in the western regions of the United States

• Oregon Trail

• Westward Expansion

• Homestead Act

• Settler

Land purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the United States

• Oregon Trail

• Lewis and Clark

• Manifest Destiny

• Louisiana Purchase

explorers sent to map the Louisiana Territory and search for a water route that connected the east coast and west coast

• Oregon Trail

• Lewis and Clark

• Manifest Destiny

• Louisiana Purchase

the idea that the United States was destined to run from east coast to the west coast

• Oregon Trail

• Lewis and Clark

• Manifest Destiny

• Louisiana Purchase

Which of the following is NOT a physical feature gained by the Louisiana Purchase?

• Desert in Mexico for solar power

• Mississippi River for trade

• Land for farming

• Land for settlers to live on

Choose ALL of the following that were reasons for the expeditions of Lewis and Clark.

• Map the new Louisiana Territory

• Document valuable natural resources

• Establish trade relationships with Native Americans

• Encourage settlers to move west

• Set up land posts to show who owned each set of 160 acres

Which of the following is NOT a reason Americans wanted to move west?

• Americans heard about all of the Native American friends they could make out west.

• Settlers wanted to claim land for farming to make more money for their families.

• Americans had hopes of finding natural resources worth a lot of money like gold.