PDF-1. Factors That Led to Westward Expansion

3 Problems and Conflict 2 Movement goods people ideas Americas Westward MovementAdventure New Homes Search for gold Religious Reasons Manifest Destiny Legislation Unfriendly Natives Food and. between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains which was claimed by the French. Napoleon, the ruler of France, was fighting wars in Europe and did not care much about America. So, in order to finan The indications of American cultural nationalism that were . beginning to . emerge during the first two decades of the 19. th. century. . OR…. The Growth of. American Cultural Nationalism From . 1800-1820. . 2010. Bell Ringer. : . Test Corrections.. When you are finished with your test corrections; read and highlight the handout. on “Homesteading.”. Objectives. :. . I.W.B.A.T. . list some of the reasons different people moved west.. How did it Affect the American Indians?. “Manifest Destiny”. 1872 John . Gast. “Spirit of the Frontier”. What is happening here?. How does this represent Americans’ way of thinking at this time?. The journey west!. Think about it…. If your family was moving across to country to a place where there was nothing in the place where you were moving…no houses or stores or schools…what ten things would you definitely pack and why?. Created for 4th & 5th Graders by: . Courtney Benton. Dorian Scheuch. Rebekah Stewart. Overview. After completing this TurboQuest, TSWBAT:. Understand and recognize primary and secondary sources.. Why did Americans of European descent feel so compelled to expand the country westward?. What might 19th-century Native Americans have said about Manifest Destiny? Why would they have taken this perspective?. a) identifying the reasons for westward expansion, including its impact on American Indians.. Impact of Westward Expansion on Native Americans. Essential Vocabulary. Assimilation-. changing your ways to. ish. ) -1877. Main Idea:. As the nation expanded and its population grew, regional tensions, especially over slavery, led to a civil war- the course and aftermath of which transformed American society.. GPS Standards. SS4H6 The student will explain westward expansion of America between 1801 and 1861. .  . a. . Describe territorial expansion with emphasis on the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the acquisitions of Texas (the Alamo and independence), Oregon (Oregon Trail), and California (Gold Rush and the development of mining towns). . its Impacts . on Global Shipping . Patterns. Jean-Paul Rodrigue. Associate Professor, Dept. of Global Studies & Geography, Hofstra University, New York, USA. Van . Horne Researcher in Transportation and . North and South from 1820-1850? . CPUSH Agenda for Unit 5.5. : . “Sectionalism from 1820-1860” notes. From 1800-1860, the North and South . became vastly different regions. “King Cotton” . had transformed the South into a rural region with slavery, little manufacturing, and few railroads. Meriwether Lewis William Clark. Westward Expansion . was from 1801 to 1861. Americans began to explore more territories to expand the U.S. . Main Territories explore:. Louisiana Purchase (1803).