Chapter 8: Westward Expansion

A common wagon on the westward trail, named after a type of sailing ship.

• Conestoga wagon

• Prairie schooner

• Stagecoach

• Covered wagon

A Mexican cowboy.

• Vaquero

• Gaucho

• Charro

• Caballero

The money a business earns after its debts have been paid.

• Revenue

• Profit

• Income

• Earnings

A system of carrying mail by horses used in the western United States from 1860 to 1861.

• Pony Express

• Stagecoach Mail

• Overland Mail

• Express Riders

A rapid flood of people into an area where gold has been discovered.

• Gold Rush

• Gold Fever

• Gold Migration

• Gold Influx

A human-made waterway.

• Canal

• Aqueduct

• Reservoir

• Dam

Unfair treatment of people, often based on race, gender, or age.

• Discrimination

• Segregation

• Prejudice

• Bias

The idea, popular in the 1800s, that the United States had a right to add territory until it reached the Pacific Ocean.

• Manifest Destiny

• Territorial Expansion

• Westward Expansion

• American Destiny

A system of making many of the same item at one time.

• Mass Production

• Assembly Line

• Manufacturing

• Industrialization

A line of wagons traveling as a group.

• Wagon Train

• Caravan

• Convoy

• Procession