Key Vocabulary
the idea that the united states had the right and the obligation to expand its territory across North America to the pacific ocean
Manifest Destiny
In what year did the U.S. purchase the Louisiana Territory
1803
This "purchase" is when Thomas Jefferson paid Napoleon Bonaparte $15 Million dollars in an agreement that doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
a line of latitude
Parallel
Who was the first person to use the term “Manifest Destiny”
John O'Sullivan
a settler moving to a new and unfamiliar land
Pioneer
In what year did the U.S. annex Texas
1845
This "purchase" is when the U.S. paid $10 Million dollars to Mexico for the southern portion of Arizona and New Mexico, in order to continue railroad construction.
Gadsden Purchase
a mass departure
Exodus
Who was the third President of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
the high point in the rocky mountains that divides the watersheds of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Continental Divide
In what year did the U.S. acquire the Florida Territory
1819
This treaty was agreed to between Spain and the U.S. which gave the U.S. the Florida territory, while Spain would maintain sovereignty over Texas
Adams-Onis Treaty
a town that experiences a great population increase in a short period of time
Boomtown
Who did Texas gain it's own independence from?
Mexico
a tactic in which a military force surrounds a city in an attempt to take control of it
Siege
In what year did the U.S. take over the Oregon Territory south of the 49th parallel
1846
This agreement added Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. It helped keep the balance between slave and free states
Missouri Compromise of 1820
something that is connected
Contiguous
What two countries, prior to 1846, had joint-control over the Oregon Territory?
United States and Britain
land granted by Mexico to settlers in the form of large estates in what is now California
Rancho
In what year did the U.S. officially acquire the Mexican cession?
1848
This "treaty" ended the Mexican-American War, which resulted in the U.S. paying Mexico $15 Million dollars and acquiring the lands of the Mexican cession
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
a rebellion
Insurrection
The legislation that acquired the territory that would later become Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan
Northwest Ordinance of 1787