What a purchase
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased this territory from France.
The Louisiana Purchase
In June 1812, Congress declared war on this country.
Round TWO!!
Great Britain
England
These individuals left their rural homes and came to work in the cities in textile Mills.
young women
Eli Whitney's invention made it faster to remove the seed from cotton.
cotton gin
Manifest Destiny was the belief that the U.S. had the divine right to own all the land between these two bodies of water.
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
The Louisiana Purchase did this to the size of the United States.
Doubled
American sailors were forced into service of the British Navy.
Impressment
People from Ireland left their homes due to a potato famine and helped fulfil a need for labor in U.S factories.
Irish immigrants
He was the creator of the steel plow, which was able to cut through hard soil, and mud did not stick to the blade.
Nothing runs like a ...
John Deere
After the U.S. Mexican War was fought, the U.S. gained more land including this "golden" state.
California
These brave me led an expedition to explore the land of the Louisiana Territory.
Lewis and Clark
The British navy used this tactic, which kept imported goods from reaching the U.S.
Extreme Red Rover
Naval blockade
European immigrants came to the U.S. looking for jobs, escape persecution and free land.
opportunity
This new form of transportation made it easier, cheaper and quicker to ship goods across the country, and the price of goods decreased.
railroads
In 1849, American Rused west to mine for this.
Gold
This Native American guide helped the group explore the Louisiana Territory.
Sacagawea
Francis Scott Key was a prisoner on a British ship and watched the fighting take place at Fort McHenry, he wrote a poem about what he saw, which became our national Anthem.
The Star Spangled Banner
When immigrants came to the U.S., they brought their foods, and traditions and this important form of communication.
languages
This mail delivery service made up of mail carriers who rode on horseback along trails out west.
The Pony Express
This group were forced upon reservations, and many assimilated (adapted) to American culture.
Native Americans
How long was the expedition exploring the Louisiana Territory.
Two years
The war was a draw, but this treaty ended the war.
The Treaty of Ghent
As factories grew, more workers were needed. Men, women, and these individuals worked 16 hours a day.
Children
This invention made by Samuel F.B. Morse allowed for quick communication over long distances using morse code and wires.
telegraph
sectionalism