 | Main idea 1: Explain the role of mountain men in the exploration and expansion of the West Trapping small animals such as beavers. Easterners wanted beaver furs to make the men’s hats that were in fashion at the time. To obtain furs, mountain men roamed the Great Plains and the Far West 8.12 Mb.  7 | read |
| Question/ Answer History Study Guide u 2 U 2b Locate and describe the location of the geographic regions of North America 26.87 Kb. 1 | read |
 | Westward Expansion, Manifest Destiny and the Donner Party Texas, California, Colorado and Oregon. The California Gold Rush, the construction of railroads and a growing pioneer spirit all contributed to the expansion of the "wild west." 11.24 Kb. 1 | read |
| Conversion notes The manager is given information on the demographics, lifestyles, and income of the populations for the trade areas of the proposed locations. He is also provided with environmental information and descriptions of each center's 99.57 Kb. 1 | read |
| A repulsive River Comes Back by Barry Boyer In places the river's surface is a boundless mosaic of color and patterns resulting from the mixture of organic dyes, steel mill and oil refinery wastes, raw sewage, and garbage 52.84 Kb. 1 | read |
| The natural flows and stores within both the global and local water cycles This cold bottom water flows south of the equator all the way down to Antarctica. Eventually, the cold bottom waters return to the surface through mixing and wind-driven upwelling, continuing the conveyor belt that encircles the globe 17.01 Kb. 1 | read |
| Usi. 2a Locate the seven continents and five oceans U 2b Locate and describe the location of the geographic regions of North America 187.74 Kb. 5 | read |
| The Central Pacific Railroad: Western Link of the First Railroad Across North America Two hundred years for European settlement to expand from a few villages tenuously clinging to the Atlantic shore, over the Alleghenies and into the Ohio Valley 48.53 Kb. 1 | read |
| The British stated that the dividing line between the colonists and the Native American Indians was the Appalachian Mountains The line was established to avoid conflict between colonists and Native American Indians 168.25 Kb. 3 | read |
| Locate the seven continents and the five Oceans Continents (a) Note: Europe is considered a continent even though it is not entirely surrounded by water. The land mass is frequently called Eurasia 19.88 Kb. 1 | read |
| Transcontinental Railroad North America. Still, by the start of the Civil War (1861),, the West was populated mostly by roaming Indians and huge herds of buffalo 258.09 Kb. 3 | read |
| Check when answer correct Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west; Land eroded by wind and water; Low rainfall; Frequent dust storms 394.19 Kb. 4 | read |
| Us history Exam correlated to the sol framework sol usii. 2a 78.34 Kb. 1 | read |
| Chapter 23 outline – nation building and economic transformation in the americas, 1800-1890 Wealthy colonial residents of Latin America were frustrated by the political and economic power of colonial officials and angered by high taxes and imperial monopolies 32.3 Kb. 1 | read |
| Chapter 23 outline – nation building and economic transformation in the americas, 1800-1890 Wealthy colonial residents of Latin America were frustrated by the political and economic power of colonial officials and angered by high taxes and imperial monopolies 34.82 Kb. 1 | read |