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The year the Louisiana Purchase was signed
1803
A way of farming dry land in which seed are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
Dry Farming
Name the four regions of the U.S.
Northeast, Southwest, West, Southeast, and Midwest
A string of large cities that have grown together
Megalopolis
The President of the U.S. at the time of the Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson (third President)
The movement of soil from one place to another through natural processes
erode.
Prior to 1795, the city of New Orleans was controlled by which country?
Spain.
The United States Capital
Washington, D.C.
Who sold the Louisiana Purchase to the U.S?
Napoleon Bonaparte.
The movement of people or animals from one place to another.
Migration
Name 3 reasons why people came to England's American Colonies:
religious freedom from the Church of England, economic interests(cash crops,) enslavement.
Why was /is the Mississippi so important?
It was used by farmers to transport crops to cities along the river. The Mississippi River was also an important route to the Gulf of Mexico.
How did the Louisiana Purchase change the Political and Physical Geography of the United States?
It doubled the size of the U.S. and provided a large area to the west of the country for expansion.
A railroad project contracted by the U.S. government in 1863 & completed in 1869 linking the east and west coasts.
Transcontinental Railroad.
Why did people migrate West on the Oregon Trail?
Native-American chief of the Sioux nation who was opposed to Westward Expansion.
Sitting Bull
Prior to to the sale of Louisiana territory, the French were forced to retreat from this Island:
Santo Domingo
This Native–American was an Apache war chief who was opposed to Westward Expansion.
Geronimo
This is a broad expanse of flat land, which lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States
The Great Plains
This Native-American tribal nation lived mainly in the Pacific Northwest of the United States; the name translates to “The People.”
Nez Perce