New Technology
This invention increased production of cotton and also increased the need for slaves
Cotton Gin
This president sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on an expedition to explore the Louisiana
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson originally wanted to buy a port located in what city?
New Orleans
____ was a man-made gateway to help pioneers get to the west. It was a path.
Oregon Trail
____ was the first country to claim Texas
Spain
This invention made the process of harvesting crops EASIER
Mechanical Reaper
Their journey began in what city/state?
St. Louis, Missouri.
The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from this country
France
People used the Oregon Trail to travel from the Midwest to the West for better ____
Opportunities
____ was the American who started the colony in Texas. He was told by the Mexican government that his settlers would have to become Mexican citizens, join the Roman Catholic Church, and learn Spanish.
Stephen Austin
This invention increased the speed of transportation on rivers and canals
Steamboat
They were looking for a water route from the Missouri River to _____
the Pacific Ocean
The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory for __ million dollars
15
_____ were used along the Oregon Trail to carry supplies for families on the long four month journey. This is how people traveled.
Wagon Trains
A war between Texas and Mexico was fought at an old mission called ____
the Alamo
This invention sent electrical signals through a wire and increased the speed of communication
Telegraph
Along their route they had to cross this physical barrier
Rocky Mountains/Continental Divide
The purchase of the Louisiana Territory ____ the size of the United States.
doubled
____ was the last region to become part of the U.S.
California
Law passed by Andrew Jackson that allowed the U.S. to remove American Indians in the Southeast and force them to live on land west of the Mississippi River in what is now Oklahoma.
Indian Removal Act
This invention allowed for goods to be transported to market faster
Steamboat/Steam Locomotive
a Native American, who helped Lewis and Clark find their way across the new land.
Sacajawea
The Louisiana Purchase opened the door to _______
Westward Expansion
California’s population increased by ten times between 1848 and 1853. The villages became so large in such a short time and were called _____
boomtowns
The Native Americans suffered from cold, starvation, and sickness on the journey west called
the Trail of Tears