Westward Expansion

What is the term for the belief that Americans should settle and extend the U.S. from the east coast to the west

• manifest destiny

• Destiny's Child

• Indian removal

• prospecting

As people moved west, new communities suddenly grew in population and economic growth. These places were known as

• the Great Plains

• reservations

• boomtowns

• retirement villages

People who settled in new places along the frontier were known as

• prospectors

• pioneers

• caravans

• 49er's

American Indians were moved by the U.S. government off their native lands on to

• boomtowns

• reservations

• the Great Plains

• the frontier

Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were

• were the founders of the Mormon religion and moved their settlements out west

• were the founders of the Baptist religion and moved their settlements to southern plantations

• were the founders of the Brooklyn Dodgers who moved their team to Los Angelos

• were prospectors who made millions of dollars in California

An important trade route going between Missouri and New Mexico used from about 1821 to 1880

• The Oregon Trail

• The Santa Fe Trail

• the Transcontinental Railroad

• the Great Plains Railroad

A famous trail from Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s and made into a popular video game in the 1970 and 1980's.

• The Oregon Trail

• The Santa Fe Trail

• the Trail of Tears

• Monty Python and the Holy Trail

Pioneers often traveled in long lines of wagon trains known as ___________________

• caravans

• expeditions

• suburbans

• tahoes

_______________ pulled covered wagons because they were less expensive and easier to take care of.

• horses

• oxen

• bears

• buffalo

What was a major GEOGRAPHIC barrier pioneers faced when travelling out west?

• The Rocky Mountains

• buffalo and bears

• mud, dust, sickness, and land

• The Arkansas River