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Westward Expansion and Territorial Growth of the United States

3rd Grade · Social Studies · US-MA-SS

10 lessons

Goal

Explain how transportation innovations, territorial acquisitions, and pioneer migrations expanded the United States from 1791 to 1898.

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  5. The Mexican-American War and Southwestern CessionNot started yet
  6. Alaska Purchase and the Annexation of HawaiiNot started yet
  7. Territories From the Spanish-American War: Puerto Rico and BeyondNot started yet
  8. Why Families Moved West: Land, Gold, and New BeginningsNot started yet
  9. Life on the Trail: Wagon Trains on the Oregon and Santa Fe RoutesNot started yet
  10. Homesteading and Building Frontier CommunitiesNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-ma4.T4.1Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe how the construction of canals, roads, and railways in the 19th century helped the United States to expand westward.