Westward Expansion

Overview

Traders& Trappers

Sitting Bull & Custer

Custer's Last Stand

Wars

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/westward_expansion/buildingrailroads.htm

Railroads & Westward Expansion

Effects of Railroads on Westward Expansion

Transcontinental Railroad

Railroad

Railroad

South Pass/Rocky Mountains

http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/southpass.htm

http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/site7.htm

http://www.southpasswyoming.org/

http://www.octa-trails.org/learn/virtual_trail/virtual_tour/south_pass/index.php

Dangers/Hardships

http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/335

Lewis & Clark

Lewis & Clark - Sierra Club

Video clips

http://www.lewisandclarkheritagedays.com/LP%20HISTORY.html

http://napoleononline.ca/tag/westward-expansion/

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=18

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/thomasjefferson/a/tj_lapurchase.htm

http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/louisianapurcha.htm

Louisiana Purchase/Napoleon

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/louisiana-purchase

Pioneer Life

Hardships

Life of Pioneers

Pioneer Life & Wagon Trains

Covered Wagons

Settlements in the West

Oregon Trail

Gold Rush

Diseases

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2536601290.html

http://bryansheckman.wikispaces.com/Westward+Expansion+and+Infectious+Disease

Buffalo & Buffalo Hunting

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/westward_expansion/buffalohunting.htm

Indians & buffalo

http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/buffalo.htm

Native Americans

Native Americans in Gold Rush

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h46-am3.htm

http://www.fasttrackteaching.com/burns/Unit_2_Westward/U2_Impact_on_Indians.html

Geronimo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geronimo

http://www.indians.org/welker/geronimo.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/geronimo-9309607

http://www.ehow.com/about_4567213_geronimo.html

Sitting Bull

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/westward_expansion/sittingbull.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans/sitting_bull.php

http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/sittingbull.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Bull

Chief Joseph

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/westward_expansion/chiefjoseph.htm

http://www.myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=c_joseph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxZYkBkWeY4&safe=active

Westward Expansion Map - See the progress on this color coded map of westward expansion

Oregon Trail

Lewis & Clark Game - A basic game from National Geographic! Reading with Decision making skills is required!

Lewis & Clark - A Schoalstic.com Resource of Lewis & Clark

Interactive Map - Watch the map change as you click on the timeline of events

Cornell Notes: The Nation Grows