CH14 Westward Expansion

“The American settlers’ lifestyle is superior to the lifestyle of American Indians.”

“American Indians have natural rights given by God to live on their lands.”

“American Indians should follow their own rules of government.”

“The United States has the natural right to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean.”

“The United States is better off without the uncivilized West.”

He promised to end the practice of Manifest Destiny.

He promised to give American Indians land in the west.

He promised to build the Oregon Trail.

He promised to expand the United States to the west.

American Indians lived in teepees they could take with them as they followed herds of buffalo.

Prospectors hurried to California to try to get rich during the Gold Rush.

Colonists in the South built an economy focused on agriculture because of the region’s climate and soil.

Pioneers crossed the Rocky Mountains on their way to the Oregon Territory.

The U.S. agrees to give Texas back to Mexico to avoid further fighting.

Mexico gives Florida to the U.S.

The U.S. annexes Texas as a state.

The U.S. gains land from Mexico in the treaty signed at the end of the war.

completion of the Erie Canal

completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

invention of the steam engine

the discovery of gold in California

Area A

Area B

Area C

Area D

California Territory

Louisiana Purchase

Oregon Territory

Texas

Entrepreneurs

Immigrants

Prospectors

It delayed California’s statehood because there was no government.

It helped California become a state sooner because the population grew quickly.

It delayed California’s statehood because the population grew quickly.

It helped California become a state sooner because there was no government.

Wilderness Road

Oregon Trail

Cumberland Gap