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Social Studies – Westward Expansion Notes
Who was Daniel Boone?
How did he help the pioneers
move west?
What did he find in
Kentucky?
How did Daniel Boone help
Settle the west?
How did pioneer families
Become self-sufficient?
The first explorer and pathfinder of the western territories.
He discovered the warriors path that led through the Appalachian mountains
into Kentucky
Thousands of buffalo and rich farm land
He built the Wilderness Road that allowed pioneers to move into western
territories.
Pioneer families had to become self-sufficient because they were living in
the wilderness. They had to clear the forests in order have farm fields. The
trees they cut were used to build their homes. If they needed anything they
would have to make it themselves.
President Thomas Jefferson and the United States bought the Louisiana
territory from France for 15 million dollars.
The United States and France
What was the Louisiana
Purchase?
What countries were involved
in the purchase?
How did it change the United The purchase doubled the size of the United States
States?
Who were Lewis and
A.Clark?
The l The leaders of the Corps of Discovery, explores and map makers
What was the purpose of their
trip?
Who was Sacagawea?
To discover and map the newly purchased Louisiana territory
How did she help Lewis and
Clark with their trip?
She helped translate Native American languages and brought a sense of
peace with the expedition
Who was Zebulon Pike?
An explored sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore and map the southern part
of the Louisiana territory
After returning to the United States he reported that the people of Santa Fe
and the surrounding Spanish colonies needed manufactured goods
How did he help start an
economic invasion of the
west?
What is Manifest Destiny?
How did this belief contribute
to Americans moving west?
What was The Oregon Trail?
Why did people travel on it?
What was The California
Gold Rush?
How did it contribute to
Americans moving west?
A Native American guide and translator for the Corps of Discovery
The belief that the United States borders should stretch from the Atlantic
Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Many people believed that it was the right of the United States to take over
the land. It made it easier for people to act unfairly. More people wanted to
move west because they thought it was their right.
A trail pioneers took from Missouri to Oregon.
The pioneers were looking for good free farm land. The trail was the safest
way to travel over the mountains. It was a very difficult trip and many
people died along the way.
Gold was discovered in California in 1848. During the next year thousands
of people moved to California looking to get rich
300,000 people moved west, and California soon became a state