Unit 7 Westward Expansion 3/6/25

Pioneers that were members of a group known as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

• Mormons

• Friends

• Plains Walkers

• Fire Talkers

Main route from Mississippi River to the West Coast.

• Iowa Trail

• Lost Trail

• Overland Trail

• Oregon Trail

Fur Traders and Trappers who traveled to the Rocky Mountains.

• Wigwag Men

• Sod Hoppers

• Mountain Men

• Plains People

Route from Independence, MO to Santa Fe, NM.

• Mormon Trail

• Indian Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• The Long Walk

1862 Act that gave government land to farmers.

• Homestead Act

• Land Act

• State Land Act

• Western Act

Belief that America's fate was to control the land all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

• Homested Act

• Morril Act

• Manifest Destiny

• Water War

1848 peace treaty between Mexico and the United States.

• Paris

• Guadalupe Hidalgo

• London

• Mexico City

Purchase of New Mexico and Arizona in 1853.

• Gadsden

• Williams

• Zam Zam

• Wig Wag

President who annexed both Texas and Oregon.

• Washington

• Adams

• Polk

• Carter

Farming using hardy crops that need less water.

• Crop Dusters

• Ranching

• Cold Weather Farming

• Dry Farming