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**Unit 10: Westward Movement**   (Source: [] ) ﻿In this unit, you will learn about the Westward Expansion of the United States that took place from 1801 to 1861.

=**USI.8:** The student will demonstrate knowledge of westward expansion and reform in America from 1801 to 1861 by:=

**a) describing territorial expansion and how it affected the political map of the United States, with emphasis on the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the acquisitions of Florida, Texas, Oregon and California.** **b) identifying the geographic and economic factors that influenced the westward movement of settlers.** **c) describing the impact of inventions, including the cotton gin, the reaper, the steamboat, and the steam locomotive, on life in America.** **d) identifying the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.**
 * ﻿Read and study the graphics showing the SOL content of this unit. **
 * USI 8a America undergoes territorial expansion. [|Expansion] **
 * Between 1801 and 1861, exploration was encouraged as America underwent vast territorial expansion and settlement.


 * USI 8b Geographic and economic factors influenced expansion. [|Influences] **
 * Westward migration was influenced by geography and economic opportunity.


 * USI 8c Industrialization had an impact on the North and the South. [|Impact] **
 * Prior to the Civil War, most industrialization in America was in the North; however, the equipment produced in the North had an impact on the farming society in the South.

• The suffrage movement helped women gain equal rights.
 * USI 8d The abolition and suffrage movements took place at this time. [|Movements] **
 * The abolitionists worked to end slavery.


 * __Unit Vocabulary: Read and learn the vocabulary and definitions. __**


 * Republic: A form of government where people elect a representative **


 * Annex: To add on; an addition **


 * Cede: To give up (land) **


 * Expedition: Long voyage of exploration **


 * Population: All of the people living in a specific area **


 * Fertile: Rich in materials for plants to grow **


 * Economic Opportunity: Chance to gain wealth (gold, logging, farming, freedom for run-away slaves) **


 * Transportation: Moving passengers or goods from one place to another **


 * Overland Trails: Routes of western movement typically from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean **


 * Manifest Destiny: Idea that the United States had the __right__ and __duty__ to expand throughout North America **


 * Expansion: Gaining new lands and territories **


 * Erie Canal: Man-made waterway that links Lake Erie to the Hudson River **


 * Inventors: Someone who is the first to think of or make something **


 * Entrepreneur: Someone who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit **


 * Production: Making something **


 * Industry: Production of a particular product **


 * Cotton Gin: A machine used to separate cotton fibers from the seeds **


 * Industrialization: Changing over to “factories” within a country **


 * Locomotive: A railroad engine **


 * Reaper: A machine to harvest grain **


 * Abolitionist: Somebody who is against slavery **


 * Democracy: The free and equal right of every person to participate in government **


 * Suffrage: The right to vote in elections **


 * Deprive: To prevent from having **


 * Deny: To refuse something to somebody **