Unit 3 Topic 2 Settlement of the West and Native Americans

An American explorer who helped map a trail that American settlers could follow to cross the Appalachian Mountains

• Daniel Boone

• Thomas Jeffereson

• Lewis and Clark

• James Monroe

Why did Americans begin moving west?

• The US purchased the Louisiana Territory

• The US purchased the Pacific Ocean

• The US purchased the Oregon Trail

• The US purchased the steam engines

How did Americans live after moving to the plains in the west (The Great Plains)? Choose 3 answers

• they built homes out of sod

• they dug deep wells or went to streams for water

• there were few cities and they lived far apart from one another

• they went to social events and had big gatherings

• they built big cities with lots of shops

What was the large land between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean?

• Oregon Territoy

• Gateway Arch

• Appalachian Mountains

• Louisiana Purchase

Why did people move to Oregon instead of the Great Plains?

• farming was better in the Oregon Territory

• shopping was better in the Oregon Territory

• they wanted to visit Sacagawea

• it was easier to live in Oregon than in the Great Plains

What was the name of the route pioneers traveled in wagons or walked to get to the Oregon Territory that could be very dangerous?

• Pacific Ocean

• Corps of Discovery

• Oregon Trail

• Louisiana Purchase

How long did the journey across the Oregon Trail take?

• 6 weeks

• 6 months

• 6 years

• 1 week

Americans believed that God had given the US the right to go west and take that land to become a larger nation and made American leaders more determined to get land in the west for homes and resources. This was called _____________

• manifest destiny

• manifest fate

• Corps of Discovery

• new technologies

What sort if conflicts (problems) did manifest destiny lead to? Choose 2 answers

• other nations did not like America growing and expanding west

• Native Americans had already been living on these lands and did not want settlers taking it

• the Revolutionary War

• fights between Great Britain and America

• Native Americans stealing homes and horse from Americans

BEFORE new technology, how did Americans travel west? Choose 3 answers

• wagons or walking

• using pack animals (animals like horse or mules to carry heavy loads)

• keelboats

• locomotives

• steamboats