The prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s didnt work because the catholic church was able to give out wine for the Eucharist. this caused a increase of people in the church during masses, so that people could get a drink. Also there was also a black market type of thing that would sell alcohol to those who wanted it!

The same thing happens with Marijuana in todays society with the black market (drug dealers).

Its sad because people who traveled to the west were wrong to think that it was gonna be an easy journy, becasue im sure that the media of that time drew pictures of a beautiful land with a nice trail traveling into the distance with the sun setting behind it. and didnt show the hardships that they faces throughout the journey!

thats true we were the best according to us...what do you think happened to the maine???

westward migration was important because cities were over populated, also the west was unmapped territories full with unknown dangers. That needed to be discovered for the country to continue to grow.There was cheap land and people wanted gold.

http://www.flowofhistory.org/themes/movement_settlement/westerntimeline.php

Sacagawea assisted the lewis and clark expedition of 1804-06, but joined them in november. she was thier interpereter, she was 16 and pregnant! she was from the Lemhi Shoshones tribe. she became sick in th spring of 1805, Lewis was worried for her, and the expendition since she was their dependence for a friendlly negotiation with the snake indians on whom they depended on for horses to assist them!

http://www.historynet.com/sacagawea-assisted-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition.htm

Manifest Destiny

noun

the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.

I agree and disagree...we took land from the Native americans that were there before us. but the land needed to be found and explored.

The Donner Party were among the wave of emigrants who would bring the US its "manifest destiny" to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. they were trying to go a short cut into the mountains and a snow storm stopped them in their tracks, they first ate the animals, leather, then the started eating eachother...but family members werent supposed to eat other family members! EWWWW!!!!

http://www.donnerpartydiary.com/WESTWARD.HTM

The white population of the new United States did not stretch far beyond the eastern seaboard until the 19th century. The British Proclamation of 1763, the War of 1812, geological barriers and the lack of modern-day transportation all provided resistance against westward migration. But by the mid-1800s, the concept of Manifest Destiny–the belief that Americans had a divine right to expand their territory–gained footing, and Americans began to buy into the inevitability of settling both unexplored and already-claimed western frontiers, including the lands that now make up Texas, California, Colorado and Oregon. The California Gold Rush, the construction of railroads and a growing pioneer spirit all contributed to the expansion of the "wild west."

http://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion

ya totally...we think of the westward migration we think of a game, or a nice easy ride on a nice looking trail with the sun setting in the backround. but it was not like that many people thought they were taking a short cut but ended up going through a dangerous path. And the trails werent as nice as we think of, it was rough, uneven, and dangerous!

Technology has changed my viewpoints on history, becasue what i thought was right, or happened could have happened in a different way than i thought. links and other sites can show what is right.

this is how i use computers: Look up links that will give you accurate information. Things that you already knew, new things, or things that you forgot about!