Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion
This lesson looks at ways that the ideology of Manifest Destiny expressed both national political objectives and the goals of ordinary men and women who settled the west.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny: Quiz (1)
This 10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and tests your knowledge of westward expansion in the 1800s.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny: Quiz (5)
Choose the correct word from the drop down menu for each of the twelve questions to evaluate your knowledge of people and events relating to westward expansion in the mid 1800s.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Post Civil War Westward Expansion: Quiz (1)
10-question multiple choice quiz is self scored and tests your comprehension of westward expansion in America in the late 19th century.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Post Civil War Westward Expansion: Quiz (2)
10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and assesses your knowledge of westward expansion in the late 19th century.
Library of Congress
Loc: Global Gateway: Meeting of Frontiers
From cossacks to cowboys, this Library of Congress special online collection looks at American westward exploration and expansion, and Russia's eastward reach into and conquest of Siberia. Includes historical information and timelines,...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Westward Expansion
A comprehensive overview of the expansion across the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the west from 1841-1850. Provides a summary, list of interesting facts and a timeline.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny: Quiz (2)
Ten multiple choice question quiz is immediately scored and covers territorial expansion and the Manifest Destiny.
Social Studies Help Center
The Social Studies Help Center: How and Why Did America Expand Westward?
Notes and maps that depict how and why America expanded westward?
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Treasures of Am. History: Western Expansion
Shown are images and descriptions of artifacts that express the challenges that the migrants, Mexicans, and Indians shared in their quest for westward expansion in the United States during the 1800s.
Digital History
Digital History: Explorations: Children and the Westward Movement
Read first-hand accounts to learn about the children who made the journey west to California, Utah, Oregon and other destinations in the mid-1800s.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
Read about the fortuitous purchase made that doubled the size of the United States. See why Napoleon was willing to sell the land, and find out about the quandary Thomas Jefferson was in as he had to go against his strict construction...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Stories of the Westward Expansion: Exodus to Freedom
Contains an article written on the African American exodus to Kansas to farm in the late 19th century.
University of Nebraska
Railroads and Making of Modern America: Land Sales, Migration and Immigration
Primary source materials that focus on how the westward expansion of the railroads affected the sale of land, migration, immigration, and population characteristics. Includes letters, personal accounts, maps, documents, etc.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Gilded and Gritty: Empire: Manifest Destiny and Beyond
A collection of primary resources, timeline, questions for discussion, and links to supplementary materials on America's westward expansion and the response to shifting roles and policies at home and abroad.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Religious Origins of Manifest Destiny
Essay discussing Manifest Destiny and divine providence in westward expansion. Questions for student writing and discussion, scholars debate and links to related resources.
Other
California State Parks: Gold Rush
The California State Parks presents a brief unit on the California Gold Rush including three lessons which begin with the westward movement to California for gold, the actual process of mining for gold, then the effects of the rush on...
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US Mint
U.s. Mint: Let's Build a Map [Pdf]
In this four-part lesson, students study the map of the Louisiana Purchase and the trail of Lewis and Clark's Expedition. Then, build a classroom map displaying the events of the Westward Expansion.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion
Learners engage in a discussion of "Manifest Destiny" using a timeline of events from 1830 - 1860, and a biographical sketch of a real person who lived during that time period. During the discussion, students will use the biography to...
OpenStax
Open Stax: The Mexican American War, 1846 1848
After reading this section of a chapter on "Westward Expansion," students will be able to identify the causes of the Mexican-American War and describe the outcomes of the war in 1848 and the effect of the California Gold Rush on westward...
US National Archives
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library: Pioneer Life With Laura
This site is an integrated teaching unit on pioneer life and Westward Movement of the United States, using books by author Laura Ingalls Wilder. It includes suggested read-alouds, a wealth of large and small group activities, a pioneer...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: The Corps of Discovery: The Lewis and Clark Expedition [Pdf]
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about westward expansion and the Lewis and Clark expedition. Includes background information for the teacher. Students explore primary and secondary resource readings on the Louisiana Purchase, President...
George Eastman Museum
Photographers of the American West
Original pictures of Westward expansion. Great activities and discussion questions for cross-curricular learning.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Living the Revolution: America, 1789 1820
Over thirty primary sources explore the American Revolution covering the topics of early republican life, religion, politics, expansion, and equality. Includes notes and discussion questions.
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