Louisiana Purchase & Lewis & Clark
Thomas Jefferson paid this much for the Louisiana territory.
The Natives were forced to walk this trail as a part of the Indian removal act.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The Oregon Trail followed one of these three rivers.
What is the Mississippi, Missouri and Yellowstone?
This immigrant group was crucial to building the western portion of the transcontinental railroad.
Who are Chinese immigrants?
This short-lived mail system used young riders on horseback to deliver across the West.
What is the Pony Express?
She was a key interpreter on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who was Sacajawea?
Jackson defied this branch of government by refusing to enforce its ruling.
What is the Supreme Court
This country controlled Texas before it gained independence in 1836.
What is Mexico?
This act gave settlers 160 acres of free land if they farmed it for five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
This Native American group resisted removal and fought a war in Florida.
Who are the Seminole?
One of Jefferson’s main goals for the expedition was to find a water route connecting the Mississippi River to this body of water.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
These five tribes were forced to leave their homes as a part of the Indian removal act.
What are the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole?
The annexation of Texas increased tensions between the North and South over this controversial issue.
What is slavery?
This location was the site of gold discovery that kicked off the Gold Rush.
What is Sutter's Mill?
These African American pioneers moved west to escape racism in the South.
Who are the Exodusters?
This port city was a major reason for the Louisiana Purchase due to its vital importance to American trade.
What is New Orleans?
This Supreme Court in 1832 case ruled in favor of the Cherokee, but was ignored by Jackson.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This disease killed thousands of pioneers on the Oregon Trail and was spread mostly through contaminated water.
What is cholera?
This railroad company started building from the east and met the Central Pacific in Utah.
What is the Union Pacific?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War and added these 7 future U.S. states to the Union.
What are California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming?
This American diplomat negotiated the Louisiana Purchase with Napoleon’s ministers in 1803.
Who is Robert Livingston? (or "Who are Robert Livingston and James Monroe?" for full credit)
This Native American leader tried to resist the Indian Removal Act by legally challenging the U.S. government and later led his people on the Trail of Tears.
Who is John Ross?
This invention revolutionized cross-country communication in 1861, replacing the Pony Express and allowing messages to travel in minutes instead of days.
What is the telegraph?
This treaty settled the boundary dispute between the U.S. and Britain over Oregon, dividing the territory at the 49th parallel.
What is the Oregon Treaty of 1846?
This land deal in 1854 added parts of present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico to the US, helping complete the southern route of the transcontinental railroad.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?