The Western Frontier
What territories did US pioneers begin to take over during the expansion?
Texas, New Mexico, Utah, and California
What was the California Gold Rush?
What was the main cash crop was important for the Southern and Northern economy?
Cotton
What form of transportation could go downstream but not upstream without great human effort?
Flatboats
What year was the battle of The Alamo?
1836
Who was the president during Manifest Destiny?
James Polk
What famous article of clothing was invented during this period?
Levi's jeans.
What was the economy of the Northern states during the 1800s?
Manufacturing, especially textile industry
American inventor of the steamboat.
Robert Fulton
Why was the battle of the Alamo important?
Mexican soldiers faced Texan soldiers. Texas won independence from Mexico.
What is Manifest Destiny?
It was the belief that it was the US destiny to expand into boundaries to the west.
When did the Gold Rush occur?
From 1848-1851
How did the Cotton gin change the economy in the south?
The tool made it possible for Southern planters to grow and sell enormous amounts of cotton.
The name of the canal that connected Lake Erie with the Hudson River.
Erie Canal
The Republic of Texas
Who was Stephen Austin?
An American who offered to start a settlement inhabited by Americans in Texas.
What were some major difficulties 49ers faced during this time?
Many died from diseases, or from accidents, many had poor health
In what way did the Cotton Gin affect slavery?
It meant that more cotton had to be produce, this increased the need for more slaves.
A transportation improvement that began in the Northeast, with the development of roads called
Turnpikes
When was the Mexican-American War fought?
1846-1848
What promise did Austen make to the Mexican government?
That the settlers would become: mexican citizens, catholic and free slaves.
Some people went to search for gold and others made a fortune as this:
merchants became rich by selling, shovels and picks
How did the cotton gin affect the economy in the North?
Northern were the largest customers for Southern cotton, now they could manufacture more textiles.
The world’s first railroad was built in England in this year.
1825
What territories did the US take from Mexico at the end of the Mexican-America War?
California, New Mexico, Arizona and parts of Utah and Colorado