Unit 8A Nation Moves West

Lessons 1-6

1. a boat that moves by the power of a steam engine

2. a person who comes to a country from another country

3. a route across land

4. the physical characteristics of an area of land

5. a human-made waterway

6. a boat with a flat bottom for transporting heavy loads on canals

7. plant life

A. immigrant

B. terrain

C. overland

D. steamboat

E. canal

F. flatboat

G. vegetation

Vocabulary

8. having the same conditions and opportunities as everyone else

9. good at finding solutions to problems

10. the surface of a place or region

11. to add or attach

A. topography

B. resourceful

C. equality

D. annex

15. Frontiersman who led the early westward movement and helped build the Wilderness Road

16. Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition

17. Explorer of the American West who helped lead an expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back

18. Explorer of the American West who was chosen by Thomas Jefferson to lead an expedition to explore new lands gained in the Louisiana Purchase.

19. An African American member of the Lewis and Clark expedition

20. An army officer who explored the American West, especially present-day Colorado and New Mexico

21. Found South Pass, which helped settlers cross the Rocky Mountains

A. Sacagawea

B. Daniel Boone

C. Meriwether Lewis

D. William Clark

E. York

F. Zebulon Pike

G. Robert Stuart

All of these are reasons many Americans moved west in the 1800’s except for…

A. poverty and diseaseB. news spread about the incredible

taste of In-N-Out Burger C. crowded cities in the East pushed

people to leave their homesD. cheap land that was good for farming

pulled settlers West

Many European immigrants began arriving in the United States. Where did they come from and why?

IRELAND

GERMANY

Escape political

problems

BRITAIN

Jobs and religious freedom

Escape the famine

People transported heavy goods on canals by

A. AquamanB. canoesC. flatboatsD. trains

Which of these became a state in 1850?(You better not get this one wrong!!!)A. OregonB. WashingtonC. TexasD. California

Which of the following reasons made it difficult to travel over

western terrain?A. crossing rivers and mountainsB. calm weatherC. getting permission to travelD. crossing the candy cane forest

What did Lewis and Clark write about?

governing this new territory

plans for obtaining more land

animals they saw

and plants the

American Indians

used

the beauty of this land in poetry

One of Lewis and Clark’s goals was

A. to find the source of the Mississippi RiverB. to find a water route to the Pacific OceanC. to attack American IndiansD. to eliminate French Settlements

Settlers Moving West

Would someone please remind me again why we are moving west?

Yes, dear. The economic opportunities and harbors for shipping.

I’m going to find mineral wealth

Religious Freedom!Bazooka, zooka,

bubblegum…Instead I bought some bubble gum!

Most deaths among pioneers along the Oregon Trail were caused by ________.illness

Most people on the overland trails reached California and Oregon by

A.

B.

C.

D.

Many Mexicans who were living on U.S. land that had belonged to Mexico

A. went to the Oregon TerritoryB. stayed and foughtC. returned to MexicoD. stayed and worked

What states made up the Mexican territories in the West and Southwest?

CaliforniaNevada

Utah Colorado

Arizona NewMexico

Mexico

In 1821, present-day Texas was part of ___________.

After the Texas Revolution, Texas…

A. became part of New SpainB. became an independent republicC. remained part of MexicoD. lost the Alamo

The result of the Mexican-American War was that Mexico _____ its land in the present-day _______________.

lost

United States

What transportation was available to pioneers going west? How does it compare to what you and your family use?

Pioneers __________ , rode _________ , used _________, and sometimes ____________. We walk, drive cars, fly in airplanes for ____________.

wagonswalked horses

steamboatstransportation

What importance did rivers have for the pioneers?

drinking

traveling

cooking

washing

How did the size of the United States change after the Louisiana Purchase?

It DOUBLED!

It DOUBLED!

Why did President Jefferson send Lewis and Clark on an expedition through the Louisiana Territory?

Jefferson wanted Lewis and Clark to:• search for a water

route to the Pacific Ocean

• study the areas resources

• meet with the American Indians

What did Zebulon Pike and John Freemont do to help westward expansion?

explored present-day Colorado and New Mexico

mapped areas of Great Basin and Pacific Coast

Zebulon Pike

John Freemont

What impact did the geography and climate of the West have on the routes and schedules of the pioneers?

Pioneers looked for ________ without many rivers or ____________. They left in the _________ to have good weather and _______.

routes

Spring

mountains

grass

Explain the Mexican land grant system.After gaining _____________, many Mexican settlers made their way north to search for new ____________. However, the Mexican ___________ wanted to send even more people north. To do this they gave some people large areas of _____. Under this system, land owners were given special _______. Many of these owners used their land grants as ________ _________.

cattle ranches

independence

opportunitiesgovernment

land

rights

What was the result of the Mexican-American War, and why was this so important to the United States?

The result was that Mexico lost its _____ in present-day United States. This was important because in the 1840’s, many Americans believed that the United States should ______ land from the _________ _________ to the Pacific Ocean. This was called “_________ ________.”

land

Destiny

controlAtlantic Ocean

Manifest

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