Early Expansion
This 1783 treaty gave the U.S. land up to the Mississippi River, doubling the nation’s size.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This river became a vital trade route for farmers after the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Mississippi River?
Believing they were entitled to expand regardless of existing inhabitants, settlers forced tribes to do this.
What is relocate?
The U.S. gained Florida in 1819 through negotiation with this country.
What is Spain?
This major issue caused conflict when new territories were added to the nation.
What is slavery?
This 1787 law created a process for forming new states from western territories.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
This 1785 ordinance divided western land into organized townships for settlement.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
These signed "promises" to tribes were rarely fulfilled, demonstrating the neglect of Native peoples.
What are treaties?
Gaining this state in 1819 showed Americans believed the nation was destined to control more territory.
What is Florida?
This southern crop expanded slavery into new lands as the U.S. grew.
What is cotton?
Farmers clearing forests in this area after the Revolutionary War showed belief that western land offered prosperity.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
Early explorers with this profession created trade networks in uncharted western lands.
Who were the fur traders?
These two main acts by settlers disrupted essential Native American resources.
What are hunting and making trails (trade routes)?
After this land was acquired, conflicts rose with Native groups resisting settlement.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
As the U.S. expanded westward, the divide between these two regions grew deeper.
What are the North and South?
This 1803 acquisition doubled U.S. territory and represented belief in expansion.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This Shoshone woman helped guide Lewis and Clark with her knowledge of the land.
Who is Sacagawea?
These two major trails followed Native trade routes before settlers expanded them.
What are the Oregon Trail and the California Trail?
Controlling resources and trade routes reflected this expansionist belief.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The world depended on the US for cotton, as it was responsible for this percentage of global cotton production.
What is 75%?
This expedition mapped the Louisiana Territory and reported on resources.
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
These structures connected eastern cities to growing western settlements.
What is roads/infrastructure?
These areas of land were designated by the U.S. government for Native American tribes to live on after being forced from their ancestral homelands during westward expansion.
What are reservations?
Settlers primarily moved in this direction, reinforcing the idea of expansion, growth, and settlement.
What is west?
In the Northwest territory, the US Government made this unprecedented decision regarding slavery.
What is outlaw/make it illegal?