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__ NO PARENT POSTS ON THIS WIKI, CHILDREN POST ONLY FROM SCHOOL, AS IT IS A GROUP PROJECT. : ) __
You must list pros and cons. plus use your vocabulary before deciding if you're going west or not WITH YOUR GROUP. Please check the scoring guide to be sure you do your best work.

= Enduring Understandings: =


 * Students will understand that the Louisianna Purchase opened the western United States for settlement and people moved west for a variety of reasons.
 * Students will understand that the Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a state and was connected to Westward Expansion and slavery.
 * Students will understand that Missouri territory played a pivotal role in Westward Expansion.
 * Students will understand that expansion and settlement resulted in conflict.
 * Students will understand that westward expansion included many hardships for pioneers and the native people.

= Essential Questions: =

Why was the Missouri Compromise important to Missouri and the United States?

Why did people move West?

What conflicts resulted from Westward Expansion and how were they resolved?

What was the role of Missouri in Westward Expansion?

How does physical geography affect travel and settlement of people?

What is the role of advanced technology in Westward Expansion?

What was the "human experience"?

=Essential Vocabulary:=

Migration

Missouri Compromise

Santa Fe Trail

Oregon Trail

Frontier

Cholera

Mountain Men

Pioneer

Gateway to the West

Gold Rush

California Trail

Covered Wagon

Trail of Tears

Indian Removal Act

Mormon

Pony Express

Steamboat

Transcontinental railroad

Telegraph