Unit 6: Westward Expansion

The belief among Americans in the 1800's that it was America’s fate to expand westward from the Atlantic Ocean across to the Pacific Ocean to share their “superior” culture and ways.

• Industrial Revolution

• Manifest Destiny

• Cotton Gin

• Oregon Trail

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A protestant religious movement that occurred in the 1800’s. It spread religion westward through large revivals and preaching. It promoted multiple reform movements.

• Second Great Awakening

• Westward Expansion

• Indian Removal Act

• Trail of Tears

A law that gave the US President the power to grant land west of the Mississippi River in exchange for Indian lands in the Eastern States.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Indian Removal Act

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Oregon Trail

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An exploration directed by Thomas Jefferson into the recently purchased Louisiana Territory.

• Westward Expansion

• Trail of Tears

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Manifest Destiny

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The mass migration (movement) of Americans from the east coast to the west coast.

• Industrial Revolution

• Westward Expansion

• Oregon Trail

• Cotton Gin

The forced removal of 60,000 Indigenous people from various nations from their ancestral lands and relocation to reservations in Oklahoma.

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

• Manifest Destiny

• Second Great Awakening

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What was the land deal where the United States bought a piece of western territory from France that doubled the size of the United States?

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Oregon Trail

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Cotton Gin

What is the time period in history when there were rapid changes in how humans produced things, shifting from making goods by hand to using machinery?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Oregon Trail

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Cotton Gin

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What was the commonly used route by American pioneers who were moving westward?

• The Oregon Trail

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Cotton Gin

What piece of technology created during the Industrial Revolution increased the production of cotton and led to an increase in American slavery?

• The Cotton Gin

• The Oregon Trail

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Steam Engine