Westward Expansion

able to earn money above operating costs

• loan

• lowland

• profitable

a low or level piece of land

• loan

• lowland

• profitable

money lent to Mr. Garlitz to buy a Harley Davidson

• loan

• lowland

• profitable

What was different about the Western Frontier?

• it had a lot of factories

• it was lonely and dangerous

• it was east of the Mississippi River

True or False: Women got the right to vote in the west before the east in the United States?

• true

• false

What were problems faced in the west? choose 3

• they needed roads

• they didn't have police

• they didn't have laws

• the land was expensive

What was the main economy in the South?

• factories

• small family farms

• plantations

Why were plantations so successful in the South? Choose 3

• warmer weather

• lowlands that were flat

• short growing season

• long growing sesason

What economy was in the North? choose 3

• fishing

• shipbuilding

• manufacturing

• plantations

How did settlers move west? Choose 2

• by water with rivers, canals and steamboats

• by car

• by trains with a steamengine

• by plane