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Westward Westward ExpansionExpansionSOL US1.8bSOL US1.8b
Essential KnowledgeEssential Knowledge
Westward migration Westward migration was influenced by was influenced by geography and geography and economic economic opportunity.opportunity.
Key WordsKey Words
Migration: movement from one place to Migration: movement from one place to anotheranother
Geographic and Geographic and Economic Features Economic Features that Influenced that Influenced Westward MovementWestward Movement
Population growth in Population growth in eastern citieseastern cities
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Availability of cheap, Availability of cheap, fertile landfertile land
Economic opportunity i.e., gold (California Gold Economic opportunity i.e., gold (California Gold Rush,) logging, farming, freedom (for runaway Rush,) logging, farming, freedom (for runaway slaves)slaves)
http://eetdnews.lbl.gov/nl23/img/gold_rush.jpg
Cheaper and faster Cheaper and faster transportation, i.e., transportation, i.e., rivers and canals rivers and canals (Erie Canal), (Erie Canal), steamboatssteamboats
http://rivertorail.mjcpl.org/index.php?s=steamboatdevelopment
Robert Fulton’s Clermont steamboat
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A town on the Erie Canal.
Knowledge of Knowledge of overland trails overland trails (Oregon and Santa (Oregon and Santa Fe Trails)Fe Trails)
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http://www.casperwyoming.info/downloads/maps/oregontrail.gif
Belief in the right of Belief in the right of “Manifest Destiny,” “Manifest Destiny,” the idea that the idea that expansion was the expansion was the right of the countryright of the country
http://www.cyberbee.com/manifest_destiny/destiny.jpg
How did Manifest Destiny affectthe American Indians?
http://faculty.umf.maine.edu/~walters/web%20103/manifest%20destiny.jpg
What does this woman represent?
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