Westward Expansion

Push Factors...

• force people to move tp a new area

• attract people to move a new area

• stop people from moving

Which term best describes these motivations to expand: land, natural resources, economic opportunity, and Manifest Destiny

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors

• Twist Factors

• Shove Factors

Which of the following is a push factor for Westward Expansion?

• Religious Persecution

• Gold Rush

• Improvements in Transporation

• Improvements in farming tools

Pioneers traveled ______________ because it was safer.

• only at night

• in wagon trains

• on only one trail

• alone on horseback

What does this list describe: bad weather, illness, accidents, dangerous river crossings

• Hardships faced by Native Americans

• Reasons for Westward Expansion

• Hardships faced by pioneers

• Reasons the West was never settled

Who was sent by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana territory? 

• Sacagawea

• Daniel Boone

• Zebulon Pike

• Lewis and Clark

Who built the Wilderness Road which was used by 100,000s of pioneers?

• Sacagawea

• Daniel Boone

• Zebulon Pike

• Lewis and Clark

Who explored Colorado & Rocky Mountains which brought more people west?

• Sacagawea

• Daniel Boone

• Zebulon Pike

• Lewis and Clark

Who helped Lewis & Clark navigate the land and communicate with Native  people?

• Sacagawea

• Daniel Boone

• Zebulon Pike

• Lewis and Clark

The United States Prior to 1803

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E