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Unit 8: Westward Expansion

Unit 8: Westward Expansion. By: Bren Mastio and Paige Nelson. Lewis and Clark’s Expedition. Reasons for Moving West. California for Gold Great Plains for the Land. Transcontiental Railroad. This railroad crossed an entire continent. North and the South.

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Unit 8: Westward Expansion

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  1. Unit 8: Westward Expansion By: Bren Mastio and Paige Nelson

  2. Lewis and Clark’s Expedition

  3. Reasons for Moving West • California for Gold • Great Plains for the Land

  4. Transcontiental Railroad • This railroad crossed an entire continent.

  5. North and the South • North: Small farms and manufacturing in cities • South: Large plantations

  6. Inventors and Inventions • John Deere: Steal Plow • Eli Whitney: Cotton Gin • Francis Cabot Lowell: Cloth Made Eaiser • Robert Fulton: Steam Engine Powered Boat

  7. The Great Plains States • These States were located in the Agricultural Region.

  8. Areas of Western Expansion • These areas are the Louisiana Purchase, Gadsen Purchase, Mexican Cession, and the Oregon Territory.

  9. Modifications Made to the Environment • Some examples of the modifications made were enclosing land with fences, people making barns for their animals, and cutting down trees for houses.

  10. Manifest Destiny • Manifest Destiny was the idea that the U.S. should stretch from ocean to ocean.

  11. American Progress • This picture is telling us that all the farmers and trappers are moving west.

  12. THE END!!!!

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