Territories
Who prompted the Louisiana purchase
Thomas Jefferson
What is manifest destiny
Manifest Destiny was the term used in the 1800s that represented the belief that American settlers were destined to expand west
What was the cotton gin
A machine that removes seeds from cotton
What did Abolitionists believe in
Slavery shouldnt be
How did Texas become apart of the U.S
They left Mexico and then Joined the U.S
What were some problems in the east that prompted Westward expansion
Population of the US was growing in the East and lack of farmland
What did the cotton gin do to the slave trade
It increased the need and demand of enslaved African Americans
What did people in the suffrage movement believe?
The right to vote and other rights for women
When was the Louisiana purchase made
1803
What were some benefits of the west
religious freedom
Opportunities for immigrants
Freedom for runaway slaves
Who invented the Reaper
Jo Anderson and Cyrus Mccormik
Who in the Abolition movement was a escaped slave and a man
Fredrick douglass
Was California Bought, Annexed, or won in a treaty
California was won in a treaty
When and where was the gold rush?
California 1849
Where did the steamboat allow people to travel
Great Lakes
What was the trail that Harriet Tubman made for escaped slaves
Underground railroad
What was the treaty that gave the U.S Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado
The Guadulupe Hidalogo Treaty
Why and where did Mormons move into the west (SPECIFIC STATE)
Utah and religious freedom
What was the steam locomotive also called
Ironhouse
Which Suffrage movement leader organized the seneca convention and when was the Seneca convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1848