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Western Expansion Web Quest |
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The Westward Movement brought many changes to the United States of America. On this Web Quest you will note many of these changes. You will cross the western United States on cattle drives, wagon trails, gold rushes, mapping journeys and much more. |
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Pioneers |
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http://lonehand.com/pioneers.htm |
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1. Choose two of the famous people from the list of western pioneers found at this site.
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2. Sketch your persons in the box and write why they are famous on the lines. |
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Gold Rush
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/home.html |
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| 1.How much money did one of Sutter?s workers earn for a day?s work after gold was found on Sutter?s land. ________________________________________________________ |
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2. Who was the president during the gold rush and how did he help the gold rush get started?_________________________________________
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3. What were the 49's; charged for some items and what was the housing like?___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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4. What problems did the gold rush cause for the Native Americans of the area? __________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Lewis & Clark Expedition |
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PART 1: (http://www.lewis-clark.org/index.htm) |
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Click Precedeat the bottom of the screen and then click on PRESIDENTIAL MISSION |
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1. What did the president call the mission of Lewis and Clark? What did Lewis call it?
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PART2: (http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_corp.html)
Click on the information you wish to use and use the back arrow at the top of the page to get back to the menu of this page to make another choice. |
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| 2. How many members were on the expedition?_________________ |
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3. What does Sacajawea mean?____________________________________________________________________________________________
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4. How did Sacajawea come to be on the trail with Lewis and Clark?; Why was she important?nn __________________________________________________________________________________________________
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5. Who was York? Why was his presence of importance to Lewis and Clark.
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Manifest Destiny http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/prelude/manifest_destiny_overview.html |
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1. What were 3 of the causes of American Expansion in 1830-840s?
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2. What did the Monroe Doctrine do toward the Manifest Destiny? |
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| 3. Name 4 states that came from the era of Manifest Destiny, who they cam from and how. i.e.. New Mexico- Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo from the Mexican-American War |
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Chisholm Trail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisholm_Trail |
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1. Describe what a longhorn looked like and how it got these characteristics.
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| 2. Driving cattle from Texas to Kansas or Missouri wasn?t easy. The land and the cattle weren?t the only problems. Name at least 2 other problems in cattle driving and why are they problems. |
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| EXTRA CREDIT |
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| http://www.americanwest.com/pages/westwrd2.htm |
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| Draw and label your own timeline of the Expansion of the American West as found at this site. |
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