Include and answer the following prompts in your one-pager:

1. The definition of "Manifest Destiny" and the impacts of the belief in Manifest Destiny.

2. Who coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny," and what did he believe it represented?

3. Describe the perspective of the painting "American Progress" by John Gast.

4. What groups of people were negatively impacted by westward expansion during the time of Manifest Destiny?

1. Color and label the territories using the information on the task cards. Make each territory a different color. For territories that have a dot on them, you are not required to label them in this step.

2. Cut out the territories on the thick, black lines.

3. Arrange your territories on a piece of blue construction paper.

4. Fold on the thin, dotted lines.

5. Applying glue to the back of the territory above the fold using a glue stick. This should create a hinge/flap for you to write under. Territories with dots on them will be glued down entirely.

6. Label the remaining territories with dots on the blue paper using the task cards.

7. Label the Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Canada, and the Atlantic Ocean on the blue paper.

8. Write "U.S. Territorial Acquisitions (1783-1853)" on your blue paper.

9. Finally, write two facts from the task card under each territory.

1. On January 24, 1848, who found gold at Sutter's Mill?

   1. Wild Bill Hickok

   2. John Sutter

   3. James Marshall

2. From 1848 to 1855, about ____________ people took part in the California Gold Rush.

   1. 3,000

   2. 30,000

   3. 300,000

3. In the 1840s, California was still part of _______________.

   1. Mexico

   2. United States

   3. Spain

4. Which of these is NOT a way that miners came to California?

   1. By covered wagon

   2. By airplane

   3. By ship

5. What nickname was given to the thousands of men who rushed to California in 1849?

   1. Gold Bugs

   2. Forty-Niners

   3. Loonies

6. When the Gold Rush ended, and many miners left, the boomtowns became _________.

   1. Ghost towns

   2. Even more crowded

   3. Very popular

7. What type of mining used high-powered hoses to spray water into mines?

   1. Panning

   2. Rocker box

   3. Hydraulic mining

Include the following information in your article:

1. A biography profile of an influential person during the period concerning the California gold rush.

2. An advertisement for a form of transportation that people used to get to California in search of gold.

3. An advertisement from the perspective of a store owner in a boomtown.

4. One paragraph about the cause and effects of the California gold rush.

1. Did you survive the trip and make it to Oregon City, Oregon?

2. What were some of the challenges that made the journey difficult and dangerous?

3. What do you think was the most difficult part about the trip on the Oregon Trail?

4. Based on your experience playing the game, do you think it would have been easy or pleasant to travel on the Oregon Trail? Explain why or why not.