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Explains Manifest Destiny and identifies major overland trails west.
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A newspaper writer argued that the United States was meant to spread across the continent to the Pacific. Which idea does this describe?
A politician in the 1840s says the United States had a divine right to become a transcontinental nation. What belief was he expressing?
A campaign speech says expansion to the Pacific was God's plan for the country and would bring progress. What claim best matches that belief?
In 1840s politics, arguments about Manifest Destiny most directly encouraged what policy goal?
John Gast's 1872 painting American Progress shows a woman floating west ahead of settlers while stringing telegraph wire. Which idea does it illustrate?
Families followed a long wagon route from Missouri toward the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Which trail did they use?
Traders carried manufactured goods from Missouri to Santa Fe, a Mexican trading town in present-day New Mexico. Which route did they use?
Latter-day Saint migrants left Nauvoo, Illinois, and moved toward the Great Salt Lake Valley. Which trail is connected to that journey?
After gold was found in 1848, thousands of forty-niners traveled overland toward the Sierra Nevada and California goldfields. Which trail did many use?
Which trail opened in 1821, soon after Mexico won independence from Spain and opened its markets to American traders?
From 1856 to 1860, some emigrant companies pulled handcarts instead of driving wagons. Which trail is known for these handcart companies?
A route went from Missouri across the Plains and mountains to fertile farmland in the Pacific Northwest. Which trail best fits this destination?
A wagon route crossed South Pass, then branched southwest through desert basins and the Sierra Nevada toward mining camps. Which trail is described?
In Nebraska, one trail mostly followed the north bank of the Platte River, partly to avoid conflict with other emigrants on the south bank. Which trail is described?
A trail split into the Cimarron Route and the Mountain Route, which passed Bent's Fort. Which trail is described?
In 1846, the Donner Party was trapped by snow in the Sierra Nevada. Which trail were they following?
The 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty marked out lands for Plains nations. After gold was found on some of those lands in 1858, miners rushed in and the government sought new treaties. What does this show about federal policy?
Wagon trains crossed the Plains each year in the 1840s and 1850s. What effect did this traffic have on bison and Native food sources?
After the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, what happened to long-distance wagon travel on the main overland trail corridors?
Forty-niners crossed western lands seeking gold, using food, water, and space along the way. What effect did this have on Native communities?
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