Industrial Revolution
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Moving West
War:Texas and Mexico
Definitions
100
What industry was the first to industrialize in the U.S.?
Textiles/Cloth
100
What was Jackson's nickname?
Old Hickory
100
People frequently traveled west in large groups called what?
Wagon Trains
100
What is the famous location in San Antonio that many people know of from the war between Texas and Mexico?
the Alamo
100
This engine started to replace animal power for transportation.
Steam Engine
200
This invention allowed for the transportation of materials across land to be easier.
Railroad
200
What was Andrew Jackson before he became President?
general, lawyer, judge, horse breeder/seller, plantation owner
200
What were the trappers in the Rocky Mountains called?
Mountain Men
200
What is the border between Texas and Mexico?
Rio Grande
200
This piece of machinery allowed it to become cheaper to make.
Cotton Gin
300
What was the man made waterway that allowed for trade from the Great Lakes to New York City?
Erie Canal
300
What did the path that the Indians were forced to move on from the SE to Oklahoma called?
Trail of Tears
300
What group left in order to escape religious persecution?
Mormons
300
Who was President when the war with Mexico started?
James Polk
300
What was the belief that the U.S. should rule the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans?
Manifest Destiny
400
Robert Fulton operated the first successful what?
Steamboat
400
What was one of the main economic goals of Jackson was to get rid of what?
Bank of the U.S.
400
Why did many people move to California in 1849?
To look for gold
400
What was the name of the peace treaty between Mexico and the U.S. called?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
400
What was the name of the piece of legislation that allowed the U.S. government to force Indians to move?
Indian Removal Act
500
What was the name of the transportation project that the federal government paid for that went from Maryland to Illinois?
National Road
500
What state objected to a new federal law and started to talk about leaving the U.S.?
South Carolina
500
The main trail to the NW was called what?
Oregon Trail
500
Who became the first President of Texas?
Sam Houston
500
A person who starts and organizes a business is called what?
Entreprenuer
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