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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The first people to live in the western states were the__ | Native Americans |
| ________were church-based communities for native peoples. | Missions |
| he American desire for California and other western lands led to a war with___ | Mexico |
| ____were especially poor for farming. | Reservations |
| Early houses built on the Great Plains were made entirely of _ | Sod |
| _______and______are the materials were teepees made of. | Animal hide and long wooden poles |
| __________ to the Lewis and Clark expedition. | Louisiana Purchase |
| Some people who disapproved of its purchase called the area of Alaska: | Seward's Folly |
| Free land encouraged people to move west of the Mississippi River in the 1800’s for the_ | The Homestead act |
| The ___is the region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area. | Frontier |