| Code |
Description |
| SS.5.A.6.1: | Describe the causes and effects of the Louisiana Purchase. |
| SS.5.A.6.2: | Identify roles and contributions of significant people during the period of westward expansion. |
| SS.5.A.6.3: | Examine 19th century advancements (canals, roads, steamboats, flat boats, overland wagons, Pony Express, railroads) in transportation and communication. |
| SS.5.A.6.4: | Explain the importance of the explorations west of the Mississippi River. |
| SS.5.A.6.5: | Identify the causes and effects of the War of 1812. |
| SS.5.A.6.6: | Explain how westward expansion affected Native Americans. |
| SS.5.A.6.7: | Discuss the concept of Manifest Destiny. |
| SS.5.A.6.8: | Describe the causes and effects of the Missouri Compromise. |
| SS.5.A.6.9: | Describe the hardships of settlers along the overland trails to the west. |
This cluster includes the following access points.
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| SS.5.A.6.AP.1: | Recognize that the Louisiana Purchase made the United States twice its original size. |
| SS.5.A.6.AP.2: | Recognize significant people in the westward expansion of the United States. |
| SS.5.A.6.AP.3: | Identify an advancement with transportation and communication in America during the 1800s. |
| SS.5.A.6.AP.4: | Recognize significant exploration achievements west of the Mississippi River. |
| SS.5.A.6.AP.5: | Recognize that America fought England in the War of 1812. |
| SS.5.A.6.AP.6: | Recognize the westward expansion impacted Native Americans. |
| SS.5.A.6.AP.7: | Identify Manifest Destiny with westward expansion. |
| SS.5.A.6.AP.8: | Identify one cause and one effect of the Missouri Compromise. |
| SS.5.A.6.AP.9: | Identify hardships settlers faced as they moved west. |
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