Westward Expansion and Independence Movements

This was the name given to the idea that it was America's God-given right to settle North America

• Frontier Doctrine
• American Expansionism
• Manifest Destiny

The inventions of new technologies in this area made traveling faster and cheaper

• transportation
• textiles
• communication

Between 1790 and 1860 the U.S. population

• increased
• decreased
• stayed the same

What was one reason families wanted to move West?

• To escape the winters in the East

• To seek land and economic opportunities.
• To join Native American tribes

these were pieces of free land given away by the U.S. Government, tempting American's to move west

• Land Grants
• Pioneer Farms
• Homesteads

this new invention used Morse Code to create the first instant messages

• telephone
• radio
• telegraph

this new invention helped ranchers keep their animals safe and contained

• Colt Revolver
• Barbed Wire
• Leash

This 2,170 mile trail was used by hundreds of thousands of pioneers, miners, farmers, ranchers and missionaries.

• Oregon Trail
• California Trail
• Santa Fe Trail

This 1,300 mile trail was used by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as they fled to Salt Lake City, Utah

• Oregon Trail
• Mormon Trail
• California Trail

This trail was used by both Mexican and American traders

• California Trail
• Oregon Trail
• Santa Fe Trail