After reading the background materials and reviewing the readings Antebellum Western Migration and Indian Removal listed below, answer the following short-answer questions:
What were some of the reasons for moving west and how did early industrialization contribute to westward expansion?
How did Indian Removal affect native nations?
What was Manifest Destiny and what were some ways it destroyed Native American culture?
Antebellum Western MigrationNote: “Antebellum” is a term used to denote the time-period before the Civil War. “Ante” is Latin for ‘before’ and ‘bellum’ is Latin for ‘war’.