Louisiana Purchase and Exploration
In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from this country
France
This explorer traveled much of the Plains by land and explored the Arkansas and Red River
Zebulon Pike
This belief said that the United States was meant to expand across the continent
Manifest Destiny
This president supported the Indian Removal Act in 1830
Andrew Jackson
A limited amount of food or supplies given so they last longer
Ration
How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory
$15 Million
Pike and Long helped popularize this nickname for the Great PLains
What is the Great American Desert
This trail was used for trade between Missouri and Santa Fe
The Santa Fe Trail
The Indian Removal Act encouraged Native American nations to be moved West of what river?
Mississippi
A person who starts a business or takes a financial risk
entrepreneur
The Louisiana Purchase had this major effect on the size of the United States
Doubled the land
This explorer traveled partly aboard the steamboat Western Engineer
Stephen Long
These 2 Trails were used mainly carried families heading towards new homes in the West
The Oregon and California trails.
Kansas became this type of area for many tribes forced West due to removal.
Relocation are/Reservation
Land set aside for an American Indian tribe
Reservation
These two explorers led the Corps of Discovery through the Louisiana Territory.
Lewis and Clark
This vocabulary word means where two rivers or streams meet
Confluence
This word means buying, selling, and moving goods
Commerce
The Potawatomi forced march that moved them more than 660 miles to Kansas and resulted in 42 deaths is called?
The Potawatomi Death March/Trail of Tears
The process of adopting another's culture or way of life?
Assimilation
Why were Lewis and Clark sent West?
Exploration, Mapping, studying plants and wildlife, finding routes, and building relationships with the native Americans
How did the nickname of the Great American Desert affect settlement of the area?
Americans had a negative image of the area, Native Americans were forced to these lands?
What group benefitted from Manifest Destiny? What group suffered?
Americans, Native Americans.
In what two ways did the removal act affect Native Americans and Kansas
Tribes being forced from homelands/ Tribes being relocated to Kansas, Existing tribes losing lands, reservations being created, broken promises, deaths, reduced tribal control
The ability of a people to make decisions of their own government and future
Self-determination