Louisiana Purchase
The Corps of Discovery, led by these two men, explored and mapped the Louisiana Territory.
Who are Lewis & Clark?
This notable building was burned in Washington D.C. among others.
What is the White House?
This group was most negatively affected by American westward expansion.
Who are the Native Americans?
This was the forced journey Native Americans took west.
What is the Trail of Tears
This invention helped separate cotton seeds from the fiber, making cotton production faster.
What is the cotton gin?
This country sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States.
What is France?
This country fought against the United States in the War of 1812.
What is Great Britain?
This was the belief that America was meant to expand westward.
What is manifest destiny?
This name was given to the land where Native Americans were relocated, in present-day Oklahoma.
This man (re)invented the cotton gin in 1793 and fought for its patent rights.
Who is Eli Whitney?
This president purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This song was written during the War of 1812.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
This was the ocean the United States wanted to expand its territory to reach.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This president supported Indian removal. He was a general during the Creek War and then became governor of Florida after Florida became a state.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This allowed machines to be made using individual parts that could be replaced when broken.
What are interchangeable parts?
This Native American woman helped guide the Corps of Discovery.
Who is Sacagawea?
This Native American formed a multi-tribal confederacy against American expansion and allied with the country fighting the United States.
Who is Tecumseh?
This river was critical for trade and gained through expansion.
What is the Mississippi River?
This law gave the federal government the right to negotiate with Native Americans, resulting in many treaties that forced Native Americans to move west.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This law made it illegal to criticize the government.
What was the sedition act?
It doubled the size of the United States.
This is the term for forcing individuals into public service, such as when Britain forced American soldiers to serve in the British navy.
What is impressment?
This doctrine warned Europe not to colonize the Americas.
This battle defeated the Creek Nation and helped Andrew Jackson gain fame.
What is the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
This law, still in effect today, allowed the government to detain or deport foreigners from enemy nations during a time of war.
What is the Alien Enemies Act?