Westward Expansion Trails

What did the pioneers travel on for up to 6 months to reach their destination in the American West?

• The Trails East, out of St. Louis Missouri

• The Trails North, out of St. Louis Missouri

• The Trails West, out of St. Louis Missouri

• The Trails South, out of St. Louis Missouri

11th President of the USA, led the USA through its Expansion after the Mexican American War

• James K. Polk

• James Madison

• John Tyler

• Zachary Taylor

American settlers that migrated West of the Mississippi, traveled in wagon trains across the plains and the nations Continental Divide

• Pioneers

• Continental Divide

• Exodusters

• Migrationers

Human movement/migration within the borders or boundaries of a state or nation, as in the United States in the mid 1800s where Americans moved from the Eastern U.S. into the Western territories of the U.S.

• External Migration

• Emigration

• Internal Migration

• Push Pull Factors

What was the start point for most trails west?

• St. Louis/Independence Missouri

• Salt Lake City Utah

• San Francisco California

• Boston Massachusetts

Which of these provides the correct labels for the trails shown on the map above?

• I=Mormon, II=Oregon, III-Santa Fe

• I=Oregon, II=Mormon, III=Santa Fe

• I=Oregon, II=Santa Fe, III=Mormon

• I=Santa Fe, II=Oregon, III=Mormon

The phrase manifest destiny refers to the belief that?

• The US should be 2 separate nations

• The US should abolish slavery

• The US should expand across the entire continent

• The US should trade with Mexico and Canada

The foreign policies of President James Polk involving Texas, California, and the Oregon Territory were all efforts to:

• remain neutral toward western territories

• continue tradition American isolationism

• weaken the Monroe Doctrine

• fulfill the goal of Manifest Destiny

As Americans moved west throughout the 19th century, how were Native Americans affected?

• They were forced to move onto reservations.

• They were forced to relocate to Canada.

• They lived together harmoniously with the settlers.

• They moved into large cities to find jobs in factories.

What was the purpose of the two trails marked on the above map?

• To ship cotton from southern Texas to factories in the north.

• To allow easy access to the Gulf of Mexico in order to ship goods.

• To allow ranchers to move their cattle north to railroads which shipped cattle east.

• To allow army troops in Texas to easily and quickly move north to help defend against attacks from American Indians.