Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

Why can we move West? Open land!-Texas, Gadsden Purchase,

Louisiana Purchase Free land!-Homestead Act, Morrill Land

Act Technology-transcontinental railroad, cheap

goods, oil in Texas!, Bessemer process, Barbed Wire!!!!

Transcontinental Railroad

What is the West like? Indian tribes in Oklahoma- moved by

the Indian Removal Act under Andrew Jackson

-Five Civilized Tribes Buffalo Rugged terrain

Indian Territory

How do we get West? Oregon Trail Mormon Pioneer Trail Boomers and Sooners

Mormon Pioneer Trail

Who lives in the West? Cowboys Cattle Barons Bonanza Farmers Homesteaders

What happens to the Indians?

Dawes Act Assimilation Indian Schools