Description: This section includes a comprehensive narrative on the homes, diet, culture, and wars of Pawnee Nation.

Description: This page describes the Louisiana Purchase.

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 magnificent exhibit features an interactive tour of the Lewis and Clark journey.

Description: This scavenger hunt is designed to be used with the Lewis and Clark Interactive Tour

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.

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

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 page describes the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act authored by Stephen A. Douglas

Description: This interactive map allows students to click on any state to learn its role in the Civil War. Awesome for research.