Questions: Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. Take your time and answer all parts of the questions. You will be graded on thoughtful, complete answers. This is due at the end of the class period on Friday 3/23. Do not alter questions or delete questions.
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1.) Color your map and label the acquired territories with the year. Use this map to help you. Please USE THE SAME COLORS!!! (colored pencils only! Do NOT use markers)
2.) What is Manifest Destiny? Look Here, put it in your own words? Manifest destiny was a phrase coined in 1845. It means that the U.S was destined to expand its dominion west.
How did American Expand? Answer the following questions. …show more content…
The Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad constructed by both the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies. Construction started in 1862 and ended in 1869 when the two railroads met in Promontory. 4.)How much did it cost to travel across the United States once it was completed?
It cost 65$ to travel the Transcontinental Railroad for third class, 110$ for second class, And 136$ for first class from New York to San Francisco.
5.)Why was it so dangerous? The building of the Transcontinental Railroad was very dangerous due to the amount of explosive needed to blow through mountains which were sometimes delayed and killed many workers. Other dangers were cave-ins as well as rock …show more content…
15 states were carved out of the Louisiana Purchase them being Colorado, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.
10.)The North and South were split over what issue?
The North and the South were split on whether buying the Louisiana Purchase was constitutional or not.
11.)Who were Lewis and Clark and what did they do? Why do we care about their journey? Lewis was an explorer who with Clark led the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the uncharted American interior in 1804-1806. We care about them because they had mapped out the Mississippi River and a chunk of the west of North America all the way to the Pacific ocean.
12.)Who were the Donner Party? What happened to them?
The Donner Party were a group of emigrants that had tried to make it to California using a supposedly new and quicker route. After getting stuck in the Sierra Nevada Mountains they had to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. Only about half of the original group reached
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. Take your time and answer all parts of the questions. You will be graded on thoughtful, complete answers. This is due at the end of the class period on Friday 3/23. Do not alter questions or delete questions.
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1.) Color your map and label the acquired territories with the year. Use this map to help you. Please USE THE SAME COLORS!!! (colored pencils only! Do NOT use markers)
2.) What is Manifest Destiny? Look Here, put it in your own words? Manifest destiny was a phrase coined in 1845. It means that the U.S was destined to expand its dominion west.
How did American Expand? Answer the following questions. …show more content…
The Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad constructed by both the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies. Construction started in 1862 and ended in 1869 when the two railroads met in Promontory. 4.)How much did it cost to travel across the United States once it was completed?
It cost 65$ to travel the Transcontinental Railroad for third class, 110$ for second class, And 136$ for first class from New York to San Francisco.
5.)Why was it so dangerous? The building of the Transcontinental Railroad was very dangerous due to the amount of explosive needed to blow through mountains which were sometimes delayed and killed many workers. Other dangers were cave-ins as well as rock …show more content…
15 states were carved out of the Louisiana Purchase them being Colorado, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.
10.)The North and South were split over what issue?
The North and the South were split on whether buying the Louisiana Purchase was constitutional or not.
11.)Who were Lewis and Clark and what did they do? Why do we care about their journey? Lewis was an explorer who with Clark led the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the uncharted American interior in 1804-1806. We care about them because they had mapped out the Mississippi River and a chunk of the west of North America all the way to the Pacific ocean.
12.)Who were the Donner Party? What happened to them?
The Donner Party were a group of emigrants that had tried to make it to California using a supposedly new and quicker route. After getting stuck in the Sierra Nevada Mountains they had to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. Only about half of the original group reached