Go West with Settlers and Farmers

Heed the government's urging and "Go West" with the many people who accepted the challenge. Motivated by the ideal of Manifest Destinythe right of the United States to expand across the continentthe U.S. government created laws that encouraged settlers to move west by offering free land. "News stories" describe significant events, including the independence of Texas and the MexicanAmerican War. Travel with settlers on the great migration routes, such as the Oregon Trail, and find out how the farmers who made up the bulk of the settlers lived in their new communities.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 04/01/2016
ISBN: 9780778723301
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.60w x 0.30d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 04/01/2016 pg. 114

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 181358 / Go West with Settlers and Farmers
Reading Level: 5.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1