Westward Expansion: Friday Quick Check

Appalachian Mountains

Great Lakes

Mississippi River

Rocky Mountains

that slavery would be made illegal forever after in the U.S.

that the U.S. was unable to compromise.

that we would be dragged into another war.

that it provided instructions on how to add new states to the U.S. in the future.

True

False

wanting a fresh start or adventure

potential for a better life 

the idea of land ownership 

the government forced them 

They felt like it

To view the wildlife

Manifest Destiny

Mississippi River

Pacific Ocean

Rocky Mountains

Great Lakes

United States Destiny in the West

Religious Migration to Utah

Homesteaders

Removal of the Native Americans to Oklahoma

A

B

C

D

Both would enter the Union as slave states.

Both would enter the Union as free states.

Both were former Mexican territories.

Both were jointly occupied by the United States and Great Britain.

buffalo hunting

the demand for labor to build a railroad

the discovery of gold in California

the revolution in Texas

Mexican Cession

Oregon Territory

United States Territory

13 Original Colonies

The people who rushed here when gold was found in California

Religious group who fled to Utah to escape persecution

Mexican General

Westward Expansion had positive effects

westward expansion had both positive and negative effects

westward expansion did not effect the U.S.

The New York School

The Hudson River School

The Hanson River School

The Mississippi River School

both believed in violence

both protested taxation without representation

both used the idea of civil disobedience

both had an African American die for their cause