Westward Expansion

What was the Oregon Trail?

• A route from Missouri to Oregon on which thousands of pioneers traveled, usally in covered wagons, and many died, while traveling west.

• Transportation line that opened in 1869, after 7 years of construction, that stretched from Nebraska to California.

• Land in the southwestern United States that was given to the U.S. by Mexico in The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.

• Journey designed to explore the Louisiana Purchase and map it out. This was the first expedition to travel to the Pacific Northwest.

What was Homesteading?

• Babysitting your little brothers.

• Encouraged western migration by granting 160 acres of land to people who paid only a small fee.

• Transportation line that opened in 1869, after 7 years of construction, that stretched from Nebraska to California.

• 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America.

What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

• The first land acquisition for America which also doubled the size of the country.

• Journey designed to explore the Louisiana Purchase and map it out. This was the first expedition to travel to the Pacific Northwest.

• The quick movement of thousands of people to California in 1848 after the discovery of this valuable mineral.

• 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America.

What was the California Gold Rush?

• The quick movement of thousands of people to California in 1848 after the discovery of this valuable mineral.

• Transportation line that opened in 1869, after 7 years of construction, that stretched from Nebraska to California.

• People running away from California because the earthquakes made it rain gold.

• Journey designed to explore the Louisiana Purchase and map it out. This was the first expedition to travel to the Pacific Northwest.

What is the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Transportation line that opened in 1869, after 7 years of construction, that stretched from Nebraska to California.

• 1783 treaty, signed by Great Britain and the United States, which ended the American Revolutionary War and established land boundaries, granting the U.S. much of the land surrounding and south of the Great Lakes.

• Journey designed to explore the Louisiana Purchase and map it out. This was the first expedition to travel to the Pacific Northwest.

• The first land acquisition for America which also doubled the size of the country.

What was the Mexican Cession?

• Cinco de Mayo

• A route from Missouri to Oregon on which thousands of pioneers traveled, usually in covered wagons, and many died, while traveling west.

• 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America.

• Land in the southwestern United States that was given to the U.S. by Mexico in The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.

What was the Texas Annexation?

• Land in the southwestern United States that was given to the U.S. by Mexico in The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.

• Journey designed to explore the Louisiana Purchase and map it out. This was the first expedition to travel to the Pacific Northwest.

• 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America.

• Texas created a new theme park called six flags

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

• The first land acquisition for America which also doubled the size of the country.

• Belief that it was America's right to go expand its territory over North America.

• The quick movement of thousands of people to California in 1848 after the discovery of this valuable mineral.

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The first land acquisition for America which also doubled the size of the country.

• A route from Missouri to Oregon on which thousands of pioneers traveled, usually in covered wagons, and many died, while traveling west.

• Belief that it was America's right to go expand its territory over North America.

• A new video game.

Who were Pioneers?

• The first people to settle a territory

• Belief that it was America's right to go expand its territory over North America.

• People who really like to eat pie.

• People who thought living in the country was a bad idea, so they moved to cities.