The Great Bargain
Thomas Jefferson asked his personal to secretary to explore the territory after the Louisiana Purchase
Who is Meriwether Lewis?
The people on the Oregon Trail traveled by what
What is a wagon?
*prairie schooner
The Louisiana Purchase did what to the size of the United States.
What is double the size?
When was the Northwest ordinance signed into law
before or after the Constitution
What is before?
Explain Manifest Destiny.
What is the belief that America should expand its limits from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
Lewis and Clark started their expedition on what river.
What is the Missouri River?
Name the reason people were traveling to the Oregon Territory
What is better soil, and more land?
Name the factors that helped cities grow.
What is railroad, steamboats, canals, and industries?
The war where Britain burned the the White House, and U.S. attacked British trading posts.
What is the War of 1812?
The name of the Expedition of Lewis and Clark
What is the Corps of Discovery?
Explain the goals of the journey.
What is:
a) finding a direct water gateway route to the Pacific Ocean
b) finding out about soil, animals, and plants
c) establish relationships with Native Americans?
Name three hardships the people faced while traveling
What is disease, weather, rivers, mountains, accidents, and Native Americans, physical barriers?
The growth of industry had what effect on education.
What is high demand for education people?
This occurred at a Spanish mission where Texans fought vs the Mexican army to try to gain independence from Mexico.
What is the Alamo?
This is the tribe where Sacagawea was from.
What is the Shoshone tribe?
President wanted to purchase Louisiana
What is the port of New Orleans and farmlands
The ultimate reason for this expedition was
What is to map out the area that the U.S. purchased from France?
Pioneers made an impact on the Native Americans. Name two ways this happened.
What is trading, diseases, and forcing them off their land?
Eli Whitney invented what to help the growth of cities. *Hint: It is not the cotton gin.
What is interchangeable parts?
This gave the United States control of California and parts of the Southwest territory.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This historical event rapidly and significantly increased the population of California.
What is the Gold Rush?
The number of miles it took them to get to the Pacific Ocean.
What is 2,000 miles?
After the Treaty of 1818, which country claimed and kept the Oregon Territory
What is Great Britain and U.S.?
The ability to produce many goods of one kind quickly and efficiently is called _____________.
What is mass production?
Mexican and U.S. presidents during the Mexican War
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and James Polk?
The steps to Statehood
What is
5,000 free white men
60,000 people
written constitution and bill of rights?