Westward Expansion

Manifest Destiny

• The idea that we need to take all of the land away from Native Americans

• The obvious fate or destiny of the United States to own and control the entire continent

• The ideas that Americans wanted to take over the entire world

(1862) Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.

• Pioneer Act
• Oregon Act
• Homestead Act
• Louisiana Purchase

Farmland granted to Native Americans only if they assimilated into white American culture.

• Reservation

• Homestead Act

• Law of Assimilation

• Dawes Act of 1887

Minority groups adopting the beliefs and way of life of a dominant culture

• Barbed Wire

• Assimilation

• Culturalization

• Dominance

A piece of land set aside by the Federal Government for Native Americans

• Great Plains

• Homestead Act

• Reservation

• Farmland

Used to restrain cattle into a settle area of land.

• Steel Plow

• McCormick Reaper

• Barbed Wire

• Gold

How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States?

• It limited trade within the original colonies.
• It increased the size of the nation.
• It stopped western settlements.
• It raised taxes on goods made locally.

What caused the spike in population in San Francisco 1849?

• the Mexican War
• the admission of California as a state
• the discovery of gold
• the increased immigration of the Chinese

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

In what town did both parts of the railroad met?

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Houston, Texas

• Sacramento, California

• Promontory, Utah