Description: NEW AND IMPROVED! Simply click on the state to learn all about its history all on the same page! Try our digital scavenger hunt for this activity as well. You can unlock this interactive and every resource on MrNussbaum.com when you become a subscriber. Only $49 per year for a teacher and unlimited students!

Description: This awesome resource allows students to complete the digital scavenger hunt by clicking on states to find answers. There are ten questions, randomly chosen from a pool of questions. The hunt gives immediate feedback. You can unlock this interactive and every resource on MrNussbaum.com when you become a subscriber. Only $49 per year for a teacher and unlimited students!

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Francisco Coronado.

Description: Zebulon Pike was an American explorer and military officer best known for leading expeditions through the southern and western portions of the Louisiana Territory in the early 1800s. During one of his journeys, he explored the Rocky Mountains and attempted to climb the peak that was later named Pike’s Peak in his honor. His expeditions provided valuable information about the geography, Native American tribes, and Spanish territories of the American Southwest.

Description: This page describes the Louisiana Purchase.

Description: This interactive map tells all about the Oregon, California, Santa Fe, and Mormon Trails. Simply click on a trail location to learn all about it.

Description: This page describes in detail the many hazards that pioneers faced in their travels west. From crippling diseases, to wagon accidents, dangerous weather, wild creatures, and attacks by Native Americans, life was very difficult on the journey west.

Description: This is the printable version of the scavenger hunt that goes with the Westward Trails Interactive Map

Description: This comprehensive section includes profiles of twelve American land acquisitions or occupations including the Louisiana Purchase, Adams-Onis Treaty, Mexican-American war acquisitions, Alaska Purchase, Hawaii annexation, and many others.

Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the Profiles of America's Land Acquisition Section

Description: This activity requires students to use the interactive map to find the answers to the scavenger hunt questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Description: This page describes the concept of manifest destiny and how it was used to justify expansion throughout the continent, and the expense of Native Americans and other nations.