The Louisiana Purchase
The US purchase the Louisiana Territory from this country
What is France?
An agriculture product that is grown to sell for profit.
This Native American woman travelled along with Lewis and Clark to provide directions and help translate with other Native Americans.
Who is Sacagawea?
This US war began in 1812.
What is The War of 1812?
The Native American tribe most affected by the Indian Removal Act tried to fight it by going to ______________.
What is Court?
The ENTIRE Louisiana Territory included 500,000,000 _________ of land.
What are Acres?
This man invented the cotton gin in 1793.
Who is Eli Whitney?
Lewis and Clark kept a journal of the different flora and fauna they encountered of the trip, also known as ____________.
This state was the main reason for the Mexican-American War.
What is Texas?
This Native American tribe was most greatly affected by the the Indian Removal Act of 1830
Who are the Cherokee?
France sold the entire Louisiana Territory to the US because it needed funding for its war with this country.
What is Britain?
This agreement made in 1820 by Congress led to the addition of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is The Missouri Compromise?
Thomas Jefferson put together a crew of explorers, led by Lewis and Clark, which he called ____________.
What is the Corps of Discovery?
In the War of 1812, Shawnee Chief Temcumseh turned to this country, owned at the time by Great Britain, in order to buy guns to fight against the US.
What is Canada?
These weapons were used to forcibly remove Native Americans from their home lands.
What are Guns?
The Louisiana Purchase happened because the US wanted access to the port (water) in this Louisiana City.
What is New Orleans?
Prior to the invention of the cotton gin in 1793, this crop was the main cash crop being grown in the south.
What is Tobacco?
The Corps of Discovery met Sacagawea in this present-day US state.
What is North Dakota?
In the early 1800s, British officers would go onto American trade ships and capture their sailors, claiming they were runaway British soldiers. This was called ______________.
What is Impressment?
This was the name of the march that the Native Americans were forced to take to relocate to a new part of the country.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This man was the US president at the time of the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Many people willingly moved to the US from Europe, despite being unable to pay for the trip. Plantation owners made an agreement to pay for their trip in exchange for a set number of years of free work. These people were called ____________.
What are Indentured Servants?
The Corps of Discovery travelled along this river through the western territories.
What is The Missouri River?
One result of the Mexican American War was the decision to make this river be the southwest border of Texas.
What is the Rio Grande?
This man was the US president at the time of the Indian Removal Act