Expansion
What was the Louisiana purchase?
A land deal between the US and France, it doubled the size of the US and gave control of land west of the Mississippi River
Who was the War of 1812 fought between?
The US and England
What was the Missouri Compromise?
agreement of what to do between slave and free states
What were some of the states that were gained during the Louisiana Purchase?
Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A period of scientific and industrial innovation- increase in factory
What were the four trails called that settlers used to expand out west?
Oregon Trail, California, Santa Fe, Morman
What famous battle was fought at Put in Bay?
Battle of Lake Erie
What president put the Indian Removal Act in place?
President Andrew Jackson
How did the California gold rush change the population of California?
population increased
Who were two inventors that we discussed?
Eli Whitney and Samuel Slater
Who explored the Louisiana territory?
Lewis and Clark
Who was the leader of the battle located at Put In Bay?
Oliver Hazard Perry
What was the Indian Removal Act?
The forced removal of native americans from their lands and they were sent west
What states were gained during the Mexican-American War?
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
What was the cotton boom?
a huge increase in production of cotton- resulting in it becoming a key crop in the South
What was the Trail of Tears?
Trail that Native Americans were forced to travel on to the west
What was the Nat Turner Rebellion?
a rebellion of enslaved Virginians
What were the two parts of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri was to be a slave state and any new state would be free
What states did the cotton boom affect?
Louisiana, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia
What happened during the Donner Party?
A group of settlers that resorted to cannabalism