WESTWARD EXPANSION

___ was the belief that Americans should claim land from the east coast to the west coast of America.

• Manifest Destiny

• Manicure Destination

• Festive Destiny

• Destiny Manifest

What was the impact of the Louisiana Purchase?

• The Louisiana Purchase decreased the size of the United States by half.

• The Louisiana Purchase only gave the US a claim to the port of New Orleans. No other land was included in the purchase.

• The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.

• The Louisiana Purchase gave more land to the French.

The Homestead Act was when the United States gave away _________ to settlers.

• lumber to build houses

• plots of land

• seeds to grow crops

• wagons to travel out west

Why did the United States need more land?

• To test new farming methods out west

• To gain control over the land to the west

• To force the French to leave North America

• To make room for their growing population

How did the invention of the steam locomotive change life for Americans living around the nation?

• It transported people and goods across the nation much quicker than ever before

• It paved ways for the development of the first cars

• It created jobs as workers were needed to lay tracks across the United States

• All of theses

What happened during the Gold Rush?

• People from all over the world moved to California

• Prospectors stayed in mining camps to explore an area and hunt for gold

• Thousands of people panned for gold hoping to become rich

• All of these

During the Westward Expansion the United States more than double in size.

• True

• False

Millions of people became rich during the Gold Rush in California.

• True

• False

In 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was finished. It made traveling out west much quicker than ever before.

• True

• False

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• the great plains
• all of the above