7.6c - Westward Expansion: - Practices A through E

To persuade people to move west by emphasizing benefits like land and opportunity

To argue that westward migration should stop to protect Native land rights

To provide a neutral report listing equal pros and cons of migration

To announce new voting rights for Native nations within U.S. territories

It describes land and work opportunities for settlers in new towns

It mentions conflict and fear along the route west

It notes that rivers and weather can slow travel

It includes a picture of a covered wagon

Westward expansion was described as beneficial for settlers, but it also created serious harms for Native peoples

Westward expansion helped Native nations gain stronger control over their homelands

Westward expansion was mostly peaceful because treaties were consistently honored

Westward expansion had only political effects and very few economic effects

By the late 1830s, removal was being enforced as a government policy tied to westward settlement

By the late 1830s, the U.S. government had ended westward migration to prevent conflicts

The notice shows that removal policies began after the Civil War

The notice proves that treaties always protected Native communities during settlement

Growing demand for land → policies pressure removal → settlers gain farmland/towns → Native communities face displacement

New towns appear first → government writes removal notices later → Native communities gain more land security

Treaties are consistently honored → conflicts end → removal is no longer needed → settlement expands slowly

Native communities voluntarily relocate → the government ends settlement → the West becomes mostly uninhabited

A timeline or military report listing removal movements in the months that followed

A modern textbook paragraph summarizing westward expansion in general

A painting showing a covered wagon with no date or caption

A map of U.S. states in 1900

The letter emphasizes opportunity for settlers, while the broader context includes government policies that harmed Native communities through removal and land loss

The letter focuses on protecting Native land rights, while the broader context shows settlers generally opposed moving west

The letter shows westward movement had no economic motives, while the broader context shows it was only about voting rights

The letter suggests treaties were consistently honored, while the broader context shows conflicts were caused mainly by weather and geography

Many Americans believed westward migration could bring land ownership and new markets for trade

The U.S. government had stopped all land sales west of the Mississippi to prevent settlement

Most Americans in the 1840s opposed travel and preferred to remain in coastal cities

Westward expansion was mainly driven by the goal of ending immigration to the United States

The letter was written after removal policies of the 1830s, so it reflects a period when settlers expected westward movement to continue expanding onto lands recently taken from Native nations

The letter was written before any westward migration began, so it could not be connected to U.S. expansion

The letter was written after the Civil War, so it mainly reflects Reconstruction-era issues

The letter was written when the U.S. had already stopped settlement, so it must be about staying in the East

The decorative compass rose and border design

The title printed at the top of the map

The use of light color shading on the background

River crossings and forts shown along the trails

Settlers could travel anywhere equally because maps removed all physical barriers

The map shows that settlement happened only near the Atlantic coast

Geography mattered less than politics because rivers never affected travel

Trails that follow rivers and pass forts could support safer travel and trade to new settlements

The map proves treaties always prevented land loss

Trails and forts could bring more settlers through or near Native lands, increasing pressure on those lands

The map shows Native communities controlled all routes and settlements

Native communities were unaffected because trails never crossed land that anyone lived on

It lists a price for land and payment terms for buyers

It uses large letters to attract attention

It includes the name of a town or territory

It is printed on paper that can be posted publicly

Being near a route to markets could help settlers sell crops or goods for profit

Transportation routes made it unnecessary for settlers to produce any food

Transportation access mattered only for voting and had little economic impact

Market access would lower the value of land because goods became harder to sell

As land became a commodity to be bought and sold, pressure to open more land could contribute to Native displacement

Land advertisements ended conflict because everyone could buy as much land as they wanted

Higher profits for settlers meant Native communities gained stronger control of homelands

Economic growth reduced the need for government policies because markets solved land disputes automatically