Westward Expansion

We have now started our move to the west! Our class is excited to be doing a lot more hands-on learning with the westward expansion unit and the use of technology in our classroom. We have great resources to use as a class in order to learn more about Lewis and Clark, the Gold Rush, and much more!

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Then scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, click on Westward Expansion, and choose the book that we are discussing that week!

Lewis and Clark

Transcontinental RailroadFacts, information and articles about Transcontinental Railroad, an event of Westward Expansion from the Wild West Transcontinental Railroad summary: The First Transcontinental Railroad was built crossing the western half of America and it was pieced together between 1863 and 1869. It was 1,776 miles long and served for the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the [...]

Lewis and Clark

Transcontinental Railroad

Pony ExpressFacts, information and articles about the Pony Express, an event of Westward Expansion from the Wild West Pony Express Facts Dates April 3, 1860 – October 24, 1861 Route 2000 miles, between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento, California Founders William H. Russell, William B. Waddell, Alexander Majors Pony Express Articles Explore articles from the History [...]

California Gold RushFacts, information and articles about the California Gold Rush, an event of Westward Expansion from the Wild West California Gold Rush Facts Dates 1848-1857 Prospectors Involved 300,000 California Gold Rush Articles Explore articles from the History Net archives about California Gold Rush » See all California Gold Rush Articles California Gold Rush summary: The California [...]

Ellis Island - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.comFind out more about the history of Ellis Island, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com

Questions & Answers About Immigration in the 1800sEuropeans coming to the United States made up 80 percent of all 19th century immigrants, with the remainder arriving from Asia, Mexico and Canada. They came in two distinct waves, from 1845 to 1860 ...

Sacagawea - Native American History - HISTORY.comFind out more about the history of Sacagawea, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com

Creating CanalsIn early 19th century America, the creation of canals made the transport of goods more efficient.

The Louisiana Purchase

WGBH American Experience . Transcontinental Railroad | PBSPhoto Gallery: Building the Transcontinental Railroad

Trail of TearsIn this video segment adapted from American Experience: "We Shall Remain," reenactments help tell the story of how the Cherokee people were forced from their lands in the southeast. The U.S. government initially promised the Cherokee and other Native American tribes that if they could assimilate into European Americans lifestyles, they would be considered equals. But a new movement in the late 1820s, supported by President Andrew Jackson, promoted removal of Native Americans from the eastern U.S. The Indian Removal Act, passed in 1830, called for the tribes to leave peacefully. Feeling that removal from their own lands was not an option, the vast majority of people stayed. When the deadline to leave passed, federal troops and state militia forcefully assembled the Cherokee people, letting them take nothing but the clothes on their backs, and made them march an 850-mile trek to new lands. Many died on this march, known as the Trail of Tears, which lasted through one of the hardest winters the region had ever experienced.

Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad - Inventions - HISTORY.comFind out more about the history of Transcontinental Railroad, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com

The Gold Rush of 1849 - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.comFind out more about the history of The Gold Rush of 1849, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com

Early Immigration in the U.S - The North:1800s to 1850s

8 Things You May Not Know About the California Gold Rush - History in the HeadlinesOn the anniversary of the discovery at Sutter's Mill, check out 8 facts you may not know about the California Gold Rush.

WGBH American Experience | PBS . Transcontinental RailroadThe remarkable story of how a railroad was built connecting California to the East.

WGBH American Experience . Transcontinental Railroad | PBSGeneral Article: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

How Trains 'Railroaded' The American EconomyIn his new book, Railroaded, historian Richard White examines the impact transcontinental train corporations had on business and politics at the end of the 19th century. Railroads establish "a kind of networking between politics and business that persists to this day," White says.

10 Things You May Not Know About the Pony Express - History ListsExplore 10 interesting facts about the short-lived mail service that helped transform the American West.

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