According to this belief, the United States should keep expanding west, across the continent, to the Pacific Ocean.

In 1849 the __________ attracted people to California, but miners also discovered silver, zinc, copper, and lead.

Another way to say that cities and towns were "spread out" along the train lines is to use the word _________ instead of "spread out".

Farmers and ranchers competed ________ for land in the Southwest after the Santa Fe Railroad was built.

____________ are when cowboys guide cattle down dusty trails to market.

If you are able to produce a large amount of something, you are _________.

President Lincoln signed the _______________ in 1862 to encourage settlers to move west to the Great Plains and beyond.

People that moved west and paid $18 for 160 acres of land were called __________.

The Homestead Act was attractive, interesting or _________ to immigrants and Americans.

________ is another word for long periods without rain.

When a farmer conserves moisture in the soil during dry weather it is called _________.

Settlers on the prairie were called _________ because they had to cut through the thickly rooted grass to build their homes or to plant crops.

American Indians, or Native Americans on the Great Plains lived in homes called ________ constructed of wood poles, bark and animal skins.

The act of giving or taking something for something else of equal value is called __________.

When American Indians, or Native Americans, made a deal with the government to exchange their homes and land to relocate farther west, they were moved to places called ______________.

A period or step in an activity or process is said to be a _________.

__________, or natural products used in manufacturing include lumber, silver, gold, and oil.

To ________ is to be involved in the affairs of others.

Another way to say "strongly suggest".

False or exaggerated reporting is called _______________.

In 1823, President James Monroe warned European countries not to interfere with nations in the Western Hemisphere. This policy is known as the __________.

A narrow strip of land connecting two land masses is called an ________, Panama is an example of one.

American planters wanted Hawaii to be "added to" or ________ to the United States.

The ________________ forced thousands of American Indians, or Native Americans to relocate from their homes.