2. MANIFEST DESTINY The belief that the U.S. has the right & duty to expand its borders to the Pacific Ocean

3. Who Came West?? 1. Trappers, hunters, fur traders (stayed near rivers) Ooh la-la, ma cherie! I love fur!

6. Who Came West?? 2. Settlers, land spectulators (they cleared the land)

7. Who Came West?? 3. Farmers, ranchers (lived off the land)

8. Who Came West?? 4. Religious groups

9. How did they get there? 1. Wagon - by 1840’s, they could take the Oregon Trail or Mormon Trail 2.National Road - begun 1806, by 1818 it stretched to W. Virginia 3. Riverboat- steamboat invented in 1807, Erie canal built 1825

20. How did they get there? 4. Railroad - by 1850’s, it crisscrossed the USA