Westward Expansion

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The United States' belief that they are destined to expand the country from the east to the west.

• The land the settlers told the Native Americans to move to.

• A newspaper that the European settlers wrote secretly.

Select three transportation systems that helped expand the United States:

• The C&O Canal

• The Electric Car

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Steamboat

The Overland Trails changed communication because

• the Native Americans had more places to live.

• trains could go faster.

• there were now settlers on both coasts (east and west).

Who were Lewis and Clark?

• the Native Americans who helped the settlers.

• two explorers who traveled the new land in the west.

• the leaders of the European settlers.

The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.

• True

• False

Which of these groups thrived during westward expansion? Select all that apply.

• Native Americans

• European settlers

• Mexicans

Which of these groups lost their land during westward expansion? Select all that apply.

• Native Americans

• European settlers

• Mexicans

The vocabulary word 'settler colonialism' explains that

• Native Americans shouldn't have had their land taken away.

• the United States believed they should expand from the east to the west.

• settlers saw themselves as better than other groups.

Settlement patterns means

• where people live.

• types of transportation.

• Manifest Destiny.

Pick two reasons why the Transcontinental Railroad changed where people lived:

• Communities were being built near train stations.

• People wanted to be closer to the ocean.

• People moved for jobs.

• There were fights between the settlers and the Native Americans.