Westward Expansion

Which is NOT a technology used during the 1820-1850s?

• Railroads

• Canals

• Paved roads/ turnpikes

• Oxen

What are benefits of canals?

• Allow for large quantities to be shipped

• they are only in certain areas

• the boats can hold a lot of weight

• they are time consuming to build

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• weather conditions
• all of the above

Idea that it was our God-given right to expand from one ocean to the other was called what?

• Overall Destiny
• Manifest Destiny
• Manifest Nation
• America

The ultimate results of Westward Expansion were all of these EXCEPT

• the nearly complete destruction of Native American culture

• full racial equality was achieved

• western territories were settled and became states

• the transcontinental railroad connected the nation from east to west

Manifest Destiny was

• the name of the first train to cross the country

• the first city established in the west

• the belief that America should expand and stretch from coast to coast

• the belief that America was too big and needed to stop expanding

The Homestead Act provided free land after five years of residence there

• True

• False

All of these were reasons why people moved west EXCEPT

• Mining for gold and silver
• Free/cheap land
• Desire to live in a more heavily populated area
• A new start

Under the Homestead Act, land could be purchased in less than 5 years

• True

• False

Why were railroads the choice of technology for Westward Expansion?

• Connected more places to each other

• Transport large amount of goods

• Were able to transport people at new speeds

• Natives built them