History of the US West of the Mississippi

Many of the Native Americans in the western US were...

• Very much alike

• Had diverse ways of life

Nomads were...

• people who moved place to place.

• people who farmed.

• people who lived in the far north.

• people who banked.

the pueblos were what the Spanish called...

• farms

• corn

• buffalo

• towns

The Spanish were first to the region. They built settlements called...

• pueblos

• missions

• nomads

• reservations

In the 1680s, France claimed the land drained by the ____ river.

• Colorado

• Missouri

• Ohio

• Mississippi

The United States expanded west onto land that was mostly unsettled. This was called the...

• pueblos

• missions

• reservations

• frontier

By the 1830s, Americans saw the expansion west as their right, called...

• Mexican Cession

• Texas Annexation

• Louisiana Purchase

• Manifest Destiny

By the late 1800s, many animals became extinct, and Native American nations were forced to live on...

• pueblos

• reservations

• missions

• plateaus

The land in the western US was good for...

• farming and ranching

• forestry (growing trees for wood)

• Fishing in the lakes and rivers

These industries were major economic activities in the western US:

• sewing / making clothing

• making buttons and shoes

• mining, canning Pacific Ocean fish, extracting oil

• spinning straw into gold