Westward Expansion
What are the motivations, possibilities, and consequences when groups of people move to new land?
Online Resources:
Click here for descriptions of the trails different groups took westward.
Click here for a source about the Westward Expansion of settlers, political effects of this expansion, and various videos.
Click here for a series of articles related to the Westward Expansion of settlers and related political events.
Click here for a source about Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears.
Click here for a source about the Mormons' move west.
Click here for a video about one family's journey to California in 1849 (including an actress reading part of the diary of a 14-year-old on that trip).
Click here for a video about the first white settlers to settle on the Plains (after the transcontinental railroad was built).
PARCC Video about the Transcontinental Railroad
Click here for descriptions of the trails different groups took westward.
Click here for a source about the Westward Expansion of settlers, political effects of this expansion, and various videos.
Click here for a series of articles related to the Westward Expansion of settlers and related political events.
Click here for a source about Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears.
Click here for a source about the Mormons' move west.
Click here for a video about one family's journey to California in 1849 (including an actress reading part of the diary of a 14-year-old on that trip).
Click here for a video about the first white settlers to settle on the Plains (after the transcontinental railroad was built).
PARCC Video about the Transcontinental Railroad