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Westward Expansion



Research Question #1: Timeline

Louisiana Purchase
Ducksters
Mr. Nussbaum
Social Studies for Kids

Lewis and Clark Expedition
Mr. Nussbaum
Ducksters

California Gold Rush
Ducksters
Social Studies for Kids

Pony Express
Ducksters
Social Studies for Kids

Transcontinental Railroad
Ducksters
Social Studies for Kids
Soft Schools

The Alamo
Ducksters
American Historama

Trail of Tears
Ducksters 
Mr. Donn
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Oregon Trail
Ducksters
Bureau of Land Management

Homestead Act
Ducksters
​American Historama

Missouri Compromise
KidsKonnect
KidzSearch

Battle of Little Bighorn
Ducksters
American Historama

Research Question #2: Life on the Frontier
Ducksters
KidsKonnect
eHow
Scholastic
eHow

Research Question #3: Native Americans
Ducksters 
Mr. Donn
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Research Question #4: Slavery
Ducksters #1
​Ducksters #2

Research Question #5: Manifest Destiny
Social Studies for Kids
KidzSearch

Research Question #6: People of the Frontier
Ducksters - People of the West
Kid Info - scroll down to the sections that say Biographies
​PBS.org

For Fun
Oregon Trail Game
​Go West with Lewis and Clark Game
Oregon Trail 101