What is the time period/years of Unit 2: Western Expansion?

• 1700s (1710s-1750s)

• 1800s (1800-1899)

• 1900s (1960s-1990s)

• 2000s (2004-2019)

What is the century of Unit 2: Western Expansion & Immigration?

• 16th Century

• 17th Century

• 18th Century

• 19th Century

What is Manifest Destiny?

• Belief it was Americans' destiny to create the railroad

• Railroad that extends across the entire country

• Belief it was US' destiny to expand westward towards the Pacific

• To be forced to move from homeland

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9-12.AH.11

Select TWO short term effects of Manifest Destiny

• New states

• Decreased money in the economy

• More land

• More resources

• Decreased a need for education

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9-12.AH.11

Select TWO short term effects of Manifest Destiny

• New states

• Decreased money in the economy

• More land

• More resources

• Decreased a need for education

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9-12.AH.11

What is the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Railroad that ONLY travels the East Coast

• Belief that it was the US’ destiny to expand towards the Pacific ocean (west) and into Mexico territory

• Railroad that extends across the entire country

• Type of new automobile available to Americans who are traveling North only

Select THREE long term effects of Manifest Destiny

• Displacement of indigenous people (Native Americans)

• Creation of the Transcontinental Railroad

• Decrease need for public education

• Increase in automobiles (cars)

• New states, technology, & industries

Select TWO effects of the Transcontinental Railroad

• Connected the country (physically & mentally)

• Decreased the need for education

• Led to the creation of time zones

• Decrease in American participation in elections

Why could people move onto the Great Plains (the west)?

• Native American populations decreased and needed less land.

• Native Americans refused to remain on the plains.

• The Plains failed to meet the needs of the Native American People.

• White Settlers began wanting the land on the plains.

Select all FOUR ways Native Americans were impacted by westward expansion

• Loss of buffalo

• Displaced from land

• Conflict with white settlers

• Forced assimilation

• Forced to use the transcontinental railroad