Territories Added After 1801
Geographic & Economic Factors
New Technologies
Abolitionist Movement
Suffrage Movement
100
Directed by Thomas Jefferson to explore
Who were Meriwether Lewis & William Clark
100
People who came to California in search of gold
What are forty-niners?
100
Invented by Eli Whitney, this increased the need for slave labor.
What is the cotton gin?
100
Helped slaves escape on the "Underground Railroad."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
Supporters declared that "All men and women are created _______________.
What is equal?
200
This event doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
Traders traded this item in the west and northern parts of the country.
What is fur?
200
This invention decreased the time it took to harvest grain and was invented by Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick.
What is the reaper?
200
Escaped slavery, fled to the North, and started a newspaper called "The North Star."
Who is Frederick Douglas?
200
Women were denied basic rights, including the right to ____________.
What is vote?
300
Spain gave this territory to the United States through a treaty
What is Florida?
300
This became a major highway to go to western regions of the United States.
What is the Oregon Trail?
300
This was invented by Robert Fulton and was used to carry people and frieght across eastern rivers and across the Great Lakes.
What is the steamboat?
300
This abolitionist was also a journalist and social activitist.
Who is William Llyod Garrison?
300
Women had a limited right to own ___________________
What is property?
400
This territory was added after it became an independent republic for almost 10 years
What is Texas?
400
This trail ran for 800 miles from Independence, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
400
This was called the Iron Horse.
What is the steam locomotive?
400
Abolitionists believed slavery was ___________ wrong.
What is morally?
400
Leaders of the movement included: Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and _____________________
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
500
This territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain.
What is Oregon?
500
This idea stated that the United States has the RIGHT to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
500
New inventions and advances in technology improved people's lives.
What is decreased the time for transportation and farming and increasing production of goods?
500
Abolitionist believed slavery violated the principles of ________________.
What is democracy?
500
Suffragists fought for these opportunities which were denied to women in the United States.
What are educational opportunities?
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