Westward Expansion

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
The idea that the US has the God given right to take all of the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Back
Manifest Destiny
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Identify a PUSH factor of westward expansion.
Back
crowded cities in the East
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Identify a Pull factor of westward expansion.
Back
free land and wealth opportunities
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Men hired by eastern companies to trap animals for fur in the Rocky Mountains and other regions of the United States.
Back
Mountain Men
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Gave citizens or future citizens up to 160 acres of public land provided they live on it, improve it, and pay a small registration fee.
Back
Homestead Act
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
All of the following were trails to the West except: The Bermuda Trail, The Oregon Trail, The California Trail, The Santa Fe Trail
Back
The Bermuda Trail
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What was a danger on the westward trails?
Back
starvation, attacked by animals, freeze to death
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