> WESTWARD EXPANSION The Oregon Trail The only way West by land was via the 2,170 Mile route and Difficult journey America in 1865 • No major went West • Travel West was extremely long and dangerous - (Native American Resistance) Months by boat, All the way around Months by land

How did inca develop their road system? a) they used mortar to hold the stones together.b) they built suspension bridges over rivers. c) they mixed copper and stone together to make the blocks.d) they laid roads in the cities, not in the less densely populated deserts.

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.

Why did the british government relax rules regulate trade for the american colonies in the late 1600s?