Westward Expansion Lesson 1

Pioneers traveled to embarkation points, such as St. Louis, which came to be called the ____.

____ is a series of mountains.

__________ brought major snowfalls.

__________ seeds would grow in the challenging climate.

Hot, dry summers brought _________________, dust storms, grass fires, and swarms of insects.

____-was used to till the hard packed earth.

With the help of new ___, the Great Plains became one of the most fertile farming lands.

______-machine that harvests crops instead of picking by hand.

Elements that occur naturally on earth, i.e. forests, fresh water, rocks and minerals are __.

___ are natural features of the earth.

______________ brought scarce water to the surface.

Which was not a reason pioneers and immigrants headed West?

Pioneers had to move during the __ and __ when the weather didn't create problems.

Pioneers traveled Native Americans trails and created ___ to help show others the way out West.

Spring floods, _____, and hailstorms often destroyed and ruined the crops.

At first, migrants skipped over the Great Plains and settled the west coast because _______.

A time period during the late 1800's when people were settling west of the Mississippi River is

_____, _____, and ____ formed many obstacles as the pioneers traveled west.

Trails were often impossible to travel during ____________ because heavy rains caused flooding.

When pioneers first arrived on the Great Plains, _______________.