Westward Expansion

A land set aside for Native Americans to live

• locks

• frontier

• reservation

• ghost town

A simple cart pulled or pushed by people, Mormons used these to move west.

• handcart

• wagon train

• locks

• pioneer

The edge of a country or land where few people have settled.

• expedition

• boom town

• frontier

• ghost town

Britain won the war of 1812 due to their strong Navy.

• True

• False

A town that has been abandoned

• frontier

• boom town

• wagon train

• ghost town

Covered wagons

• reservation

• handcart

• pioneer

• prairie schooners

Francis Scott Key wrote a famous poem that was later turn in to ______________.

• The Star Spangled Banner

• American the Beautiful

• Home on the Range

• If You're Happy and You Know It

Barges along the Erie Canal used ______________ to move slowly down the canal.

• small automobiles

• steam engines

• horses

• people pulling chains

Thomas Jefferson hired Lewis and Clark to explore __________________.

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Cumberland Gap

• Northwest Territory

• Florida

A series of gates along a river that allow boats to move to different water levels.

• boom town

• locks

• wagon train

• hand cart