Cotton gin;steamboat;barbed wire;reaper; steamlocomotive.Brought growth and newsettlement all across theWest; enabled people,supplies, and mail to movequickly and cheaply andsafer across the plains andthe mountains; led todevelopment of larger citiesand villages, and to theaddition of six statThe belief or doctrine, heldchiefly in the middle andlatter part of the 19thcentury, that it was thedestiny and God given rightof the U.S. to expand itsterritory over the whole ofNorth America and toextend and enhance itspolitical, sociaGeneral GeorgeCuster and his forcesare defeated bySioux and Cheyennewarriors on June 25,1876; popularlyknown as Custer'sLast Stand.A train route across theUnited States, finished in1869. It was the project oftwo railroad companies: theUnion Pacific built from theeast, and the CentralPacific built from the west.The two lines met in Utah.AfricanAmericans whomoved to theWest from the1840s to late1890s.People whomoved Westto stake theirclaim.Land boughtfrom France,which doubledthe size of theUnited States.The last majorconfrontation (1890)between the US Army andNorth American Indians ona reservation in SouthDakota. More than 150largely unarmed Siouxmen, women, and childrenwere massacred.A federal law intendedto turn NativeAmericans into farmersand landowners byproviding cooperatingfamilies with 160 acresof reservation land forfarming or 320 acresfor grazing.Free!A special act ofCongress that madepublic lands in theWest available tosettlers withoutpayment, usually inlots of 160 acres, tobe used as farms.Drew settlersto the Westbetween1849-70.Explored theLouisianaPurchase fromthe MississippiRiver to thePacific Ocean.Policy in whichNative Americanswere sent toboarding schoolsand made to looklike Americancitizens.Population growth in theeastern states; availabilityof cheap, fertile land;economic opportunity, e.g.,gold, logging, farming,freedom (for runawayslaves); cheaper and fastertransportation; knowledgeof overland trails; “ManifestDestiny”Cotton gin;steamboat;barbed wire;reaper; steamlocomotive.Brought growth and newsettlement all across theWest; enabled people,supplies, and mail to movequickly and cheaply andsafer across the plains andthe mountains; led todevelopment of larger citiesand villages, and to theaddition of six statThe belief or doctrine, heldchiefly in the middle andlatter part of the 19thcentury, that it was thedestiny and God given rightof the U.S. to expand itsterritory over the whole ofNorth America and toextend and enhance itspolitical, sociaGeneral GeorgeCuster and his forcesare defeated bySioux and Cheyennewarriors on June 25,1876; popularlyknown as Custer'sLast Stand.A train route across theUnited States, finished in1869. It was the project oftwo railroad companies: theUnion Pacific built from theeast, and the CentralPacific built from the west.The two lines met in Utah.AfricanAmericans whomoved to theWest from the1840s to late1890s.People whomoved Westto stake theirclaim.Land boughtfrom France,which doubledthe size of theUnited States.The last majorconfrontation (1890)between the US Army andNorth American Indians ona reservation in SouthDakota. More than 150largely unarmed Siouxmen, women, and childrenwere massacred.A federal law intendedto turn NativeAmericans into farmersand landowners byproviding cooperatingfamilies with 160 acresof reservation land forfarming or 320 acresfor grazing.Free!A special act ofCongress that madepublic lands in theWest available tosettlers withoutpayment, usually inlots of 160 acres, tobe used as farms.Drew settlersto the Westbetween1849-70.Explored theLouisianaPurchase fromthe MississippiRiver to thePacific Ocean.Policy in whichNative Americanswere sent toboarding schoolsand made to looklike Americancitizens.Population growth in theeastern states; availabilityof cheap, fertile land;economic opportunity, e.g.,gold, logging, farming,freedom (for runawayslaves); cheaper and fastertransportation; knowledgeof overland trails; “ManifestDestiny”

Westward Expansion - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Cotton gin; steamboat; barbed wire; reaper; steam locomotive.
  2. Brought growth and new settlement all across the West; enabled people, supplies, and mail to move quickly and cheaply and safer across the plains and the mountains; led to development of larger cities and villages, and to the addition of six stat
  3. The belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny and God given right of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, socia
  4. General George Custer and his forces are defeated by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors on June 25, 1876; popularly known as Custer's Last Stand.
  5. A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah.
  6. African Americans who moved to the West from the 1840s to late 1890s.
  7. People who moved West to stake their claim.
  8. Land bought from France, which doubled the size of the United States.
  9. The last major confrontation (1890) between the US Army and North American Indians on a reservation in South Dakota. More than 150 largely unarmed Sioux men, women, and children were massacred.
  10. A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres of reservation land for farming or 320 acres for grazing.
  11. Free!
  12. A special act of Congress that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
  13. Drew settlers to the West between 1849-70.
  14. Explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
  15. Policy in which Native Americans were sent to boarding schools and made to look like American citizens.
  16. Population growth in the eastern states; availability of cheap, fertile land; economic opportunity, e.g., gold, logging, farming, freedom (for runaway slaves); cheaper and faster transportation; knowledge of overland trails; “Manifest Destiny”