Westward Expansion Answers
Explain the concept of “Manifest Destiny” and describe its effect on the United States’ decision to expand west.
During early western expansion, the most common method of traveling west was to follow old buffalo paths or American Indian trails using __________.
Which of the following events was not an outcome of the Compromise of 1850?
Analyze the map below and answer the question that follows.
Describe the challenges faced by settlers who used the Santa Fe Trail. Whether they chose to take the Mountain Route or the Cimarron Route, what difficulties would they have discovered along the way?
Contrast the struggles faced by settlers headed west and the American Indian tribes they met. How did the tribes often harm settlers? How did the settlers harm tribes?
Which agreement established 36° 30’ N as the dividing line between new slave states and new free states in the West?
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