Westward Expansion

Drag and drop to lable the territories on the map.

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California/Southwest

Florida

Louisiana Purchase

Texas

Oregon

Match the invention to its description.

• Removes seeds from cotton.

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• Harvests grain.

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• Provides faster transportation over land

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• Provides faster river transportation.

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Reasons why people moved West included...

• Crowded cities in the East.

• Cheap land good for farming and ranching.

• Jobs like mining and logging.

• Opportunity to find gold.

What is a Canal?

• A man-made waterway that connects to natural bodies of water.

• A trail/path to follow West.

• A long river with fast moving water.

• A large area of water surrounded on all sides by land.

During the time of expansion industrialization was found primarily in ___.

• the North

• the South

• the West

• the Mid-Atlantic

• Europe

The first person to think of or create something is ___.

• an inventor

• an entrepreneur

• an abolitionist

• a suffragist

A person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit is ___.

• an inventor

• an entrepreneur

• an abolitionist

• a suffragist

The Santa Fe and Oregon are examples of ____ that improved as more travelers used them and gained new knowledge of the dangers along the way.

• overland trails

• canals

• new transportation

• forts

The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was its right is known as ___.

• God's Plan

• Expansionism

• Migratory Fate

• Manifest Destiny

The Indian Removal Act was passed because___.

• The Indians wanted to remove white settlers from their land

• Natives wished to sell their land to the US government at a high price

• Gold was found on Native American territory