Expansion

Question 1

Boomtown

Answer 1

Towns would spring up almost overnight at places where gold and silver were discovered

Question 2

Expansionism

Answer 2

The belief that a country should aquire land beyond its borders and grow in size. The new territories will be added to that country and usually have resources.

Question 3

Homestead

Answer 3

A piece of free land that people claimed from the government. They had to live and work on it for five years to keep it.

Question 4

Land Rush

Answer 4

When certain prime areas of land were opened for homesteading, people would race to claim the best plots.

Question 5

Manifest Destiny

Answer 5

A belief by Americans in the 1800’s that the United States was destined to expand west all the way to the Pacific ocean.