The Louisiana Purchase
How much was the land purchased for?
$15,000,000
What was the name of the towns people lived in during the California Gold Rush?
Mining towns
Which invention made communication easier during the 1800's?
the telegraph
What amendment guaranteed women the right to vote?
Nineteenth
This was name of both an important path to the West and an awesome video game.
The Oregon Trail
Who was the president who helped make the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
People traveled the Oregon Trail on what?
covered wagons
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
Which state was admitted to the Union as the first state that allowed women to vote, and in fact insisted it would not accept statehood without keeping suffrage?
Wyoming
This religious group was forced West by persecution.
The Mormons
From what country did the United States by the land from?
France
During what event did all soldiers in both armies die?
The Battle of the Alamo
Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Alice Stone Blackwell and Harriot Stanton Blatch founded what organization together?
National American Woman Suffrage Association
This party lost half of its members on its way West, and some of them engaged in cannibalism.
The Donner Party
What was the main reason the United States bought the land from France?
Farmers were afraid the French would close the ports.
What city was the Battle of the Alamo in?
San Antonio, Texas
What is the name of the railroad that runs from the east to the west (across the country)?
Transcontinental Railroad
Who created the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage with Alice Paul? She also spent the most time imprisoned than any other suffragist.
Lucy Burns
This painting symbolized what Americans envisioned as their Manifest Destiny.
American Progress by John Gast
Who were the men hired to explore the newly purchased land?
Lewis and Clark
The area gained from the Adams-Onis Treaty.
Florida
What are the three inventions we discussed in class?
The steamboat, steam locomotive, and telegraph
Who founded New York Women's State Temperance Society, Women's Loyal National League, American Equal Rights Association, and National Woman Suffrage Association with Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Susan Brownell Anthony
The name for those who came to California in search of gold.
Forty-niners