Westward Expansion

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine

Which best describes Manifest Destiny?

• Caused everyone to get along better
• expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
• Idea started in the 1600s
• The king said that we had to the right to move west

The most popular route people traveled along to move west was?

• The Trail of Tears

• The Oregon Trail

• The Mississippi Expedition

• The Rocky Mountain Trail

What happened during the Gold Rush?

• People from all over the world moved to California

• Prospectors stayed in mining camps to explore an area and hunt for gold

• Thousands of people panned for gold hoping to become rich

• All of the above

The United States government forced many Native American tribes to relocate to different areas called Indian Reservations so that…

• white settlers could move on that land

• they to turn the land into National Parks

• they could build cabins as rest stops in the mountains

• they could sell the land to Mexico

During the Westward Expansion the United States more than doubled in size.

• True

• False

The area of America from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains. The land was mostly flat and grasslands.

• Great Plains

• frontier

• homestead

• Sitting Bull

Expansion of the US occurred during WHAT time period?

• 1900s

• 1800s

• 1600s

• 1780s

This territory was divided between the Great Britain and United States

• Oregon

• Florida

• Texas

• Louisiana

What was discovered out in California during the 1840s?

• Gold

• Frankinsence

• Myrrh

• Salt