Westward Expansion Wk 16 Assessment

What was NOT a goal for The Corps of Discovery?

• Strengthen the relationship between the American settlers and many of the American Indian tribes

• Find a direct water route to the Pacific Ocean

• Finding more land to expand the United States

• Gather notes about the plants, animals, and sils they observed throughout their discovery of land

What was one of the reasons that the pioneers traveled west?

What was the greatest danger while being a pioneer and traveling to the west?

• The American Indians were not letting the pioneers settle in their land

• Risk of disease and the lack of fresh water

• There wasn’t enough people to complete all the work so they worked themselves to death

• The animals were attacking the pioneer while they were on the trails

What does ‘sea to shining sea’ mean?

Why did the Americans feel entitled when it came to claiming land?

• They were better than the American Indians

• They had a lot of money to buy the land

• They believed that there was gold and wanted to take over

• The Americans wanted to bring the frontier to statehood and would do anything to conquer the land.

Why was the lack of fresh water such a big deal when traveling in this time period?

• They couldn’t feed their livestock

• Not washing their hands or bathing often spread diseases that were contagious and deadly.

• They couldn’t drink enough fresh water which made many pioneers not live to see their destination.

• They couldn’t clean all their food, clothes, and dishes.

What triggered Mexico to start a war that lasted 2 years and in the end Texas became part of the United States?

• President Polk helped Texas because he believed in the Manifest Destiny.

• Mexico wanted Texas to be a part of the United States.

• Mexico wanted to fight for the right to be a part of Texas

• Texas wanted to be a part of Mexico but Mexico did not want them to be a part of them.

What was the main conflict between The US and the indigenous tribes?

• Money

• Resources

• Land

• Gold

What was America spending time and money on since the American Revolutionary War?

• New land to own

• The military academy

• Tools for the pioneers

• To build railroads and road systems

Which agreement gave the United States control over Texas?

• Oregon Treaty

• Treaties of Velasco

• Louisiana Purchase Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo