Vocabulary
This word means to add territory or land
Annex
This group were named after the year that they raced to discover gold in California.
49ers
This land was purchased in 1803 from France for $15 million and doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
This duo were sent to on an expedition to explore and document the new territory we gained from the Louisiana Purchase.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
This event happened because gold was discovered in California.
The Gold Rush
This word means to give up territory or land
Cede
This group started out hunting beavers and otters, but eventually became guides to people moving out West.
Mountain Men
This land was annexed in 1845 when Santa Anna surrendered after the Battle of Jacinto. It was its own country for 10 years.
Texas
This person negotiated the Louisiana Purchase and sent Lewis and Clark on the Corps of Discovery Expedition.
Thomas Jefferson
This event happened because Napoleon desperately needed money to fight Great Britain.
The purchase of Louisiana (Louisiana Purchase)
This word means a place where cattle trails and railroads are connected.
Cowtown
This group of people went west to escape persecution and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mormons
This land was ceded to the United States in 1848 for $15 million dollars after the Mexican-American War.
Mexican Cession
This person signed and enforced the Indian Removal Act which authorized the removal of Native Americans from their homeland.
This event happened because the country wanted more people to move out West and develop the land.
The Homestead Act is passed.
This word means a place that suddenly has rapid population and economic growth.
Boomtown
This group were the largest Native American group to be displaced, suffer, and die on The Trail of Tears.
Cherokee
This land became a part of the United States in 1846 after we agreed to divide it with Great Britain at the 49th parallel.
Oregon Country
This person is credited with the addition of Texas, Oregon Country, and the Mexican Cession to our country.
James K. Polk
This event happened because gold was discovered in Cherokee land in 1829.
Trail of Tears
This was the battle cry at The Battle of San Jacinto to remember the lives lost at the Battle of the Alamo.
Remember the Alamo!
This group of people headed west because they wanted free land and to be in charge of their destiny.
Homesteaders
This land was purchased in 1853 from Mexico for $10 million dollars in order to add a southern route to the Transcontinental Railroad.
Gadsden Purchase
This person "struck gold" in California when he started to sell denim pants to miners.
Levi Strauss
This event happened over a border dispute with another country (Rio Grande and Nueces River)
The Mexican American War