Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

The Trail of Tears describes...

• A fight between the French and British

• Moving American Indians forcibly west to Indian Territory

• Forcing Americans back east before the American Revolution

Thomas Jefferson's purchase of Louisiana...

• was from France and doubled the size of the United States

• increased the number of American settlers moving back to Britain

• allowed the French to trade with the American Indians

Lewis and Clark...

• fought during the French and Indian War

• traveled with Sacajawea to explore the Louisiana Purchase

• Swam the English Channel

The law that allowed the United States government to exchange land with the American Indians, ultimately forcing them to move west is the...

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

• Brown Vs. The Board of Education

Manifest Destiny means...

• The right and the good of the Nation to expand from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast.

• Sacajawea's journey

• American Indians being forced to move west.

Types of Transportation that supported people moving west...

• Railroads

• Canals

• interstate highways

The growth of Railroads and canals helped the growth of__________________ in the west...

• Industrial Economy

• Mechanical Economy

• Agricultural Economy

The best title for this graphic would be...

• Factors that influenced immigration to the mid-west states

• Factors that influenced immigration to the southern states

• Factors that influenced western migration