People
Laws/
Compromises
Places
Purchases
Miscellaneous
100
hired by jefferson to explore the unknown land of Louisiana that American had purchased
Meriwether lewis and William Clark
100
set rules for the admission of new states in the Northwest Territory. Did not permit slavery in these states. Gave freedom of speech and religion.
Northwest Ordinance
100
first road cleared into Kentucky by Boone that cut through the Cumberland Gap
The Wilderness Road
100
Central part of America from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains was purchased from France for $15 million. This doubled the size of America.
The Lousiana Purchase
100
3 wars between the Seminole Indians and the United States. The second war was the longest lasting 6 years. Eventually the Seminoles were defeated.
The Seminole Wars
200
one of the first and best known pioneers to go west across the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky.
Daniel Boone
200
law passed in 1820 dividing the Louisiana Territory into areas prohibiting slavery and areas allowing slavery.
Missouri Compromise
200
located in the Rocky Mountains, it was named in honor of Pike's expedition
Pike's Peak
200
Spain sold Florida to the United States for $5 million. Georgia desired the purchase because of Deminole raids in their state.
Florida Purchase
200
The belief that it was the destiny of the United States to expand to its natural borders from teh Atlantic to Pacific
Manifest Destiny
300
third President of American responsible for purchasing the Louisiana Territory
Thomas Jefferson
300
Law passed in 1854 allowing these two territories to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
300
moving from one area to another
Migration
400
enslaved African American who claimed he was free because he had lived in free states. His claim led to a key Supreme Court case.
Dred Scott
400
law passed by Congress under which California was admitted to Union as a free state and teh Fugitive Slave Law was passed.
Compromise of 1850
400
reasons for expansion include furs, meats, land
economic opportunities in trade
500
Shoshone Indian who helped the expedition leaders to communicate with Native American groups they encountered
Sacagawea
500
land provided by the Treaty of Paris 1783 which was organized into the the present states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
NW Territory Treaty
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