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Grade 5 Social Studies: Westward Expansion — Multiple Perspectives
1.
the movement of settlers and U.S. influence west across North America
2.
movement of people from one place to settle in another
3.
an area of land governed by the U.S. before becoming a state
4.
Answers vary: Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Mormon Trail
5.
a point of view shaped by experience and role
6.
settlers, Indigenous nations, and others experienced it differently
7.
Answers vary: land loss, broken treaties, resistance, forced removal, ongoing sovereignty
8.
1803 U.S. purchase of land from France doubling nation size
9.
movement of settlers and U.S. influence west
10.
people moving to settle elsewhere
11.
different groups experienced expansion differently
12.
1803 purchase doubling U.S. size
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