Westward Expansion

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Westward Expansion

• Welcome to your mini lesson!

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Who Traveled West?

• Families who traveled west were called pioneers.
• Many people who traveled west were immigrants
  from other countries.

Picture retrieved from Google.com on Jan. 24, 2007
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Famous Pioneers

• Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of Little House
  on the Prairie, was a pioneer.
• Another famous pioneer was Buffalo Bill
• And, everyone knows Davy Crockett.

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Why Go West?

• Families decided to go west to start a new life.
• Many people heard about the gold out west, so
  they went west to find the fortune.
• There were acres and acres of land available out
  west.

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Its Quiz Time!

• Which was a reason many pioneers wanted to travel
  west?
• Their Family was there.
• They heard of great fortune in gold.
• There was a lot of buffalo, so they would never
  go hungry.
• They wanted to.

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Yeah, You Got it Right!

• Yes, families traveled west to find gold and good
  fortune.

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• Go Back and Try Once Again!

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Resource Page

• All pictures and animations were retrieved from
  Microsoft ClipArt, unless otherwise listed.

Thanks for reading my mini lesson on Westward
Expansion! Lyndsay Coville