Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

100

Three goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Explore the Louisiana Territory, find a water route to the Pacific Ocean, and to establish trade with Native American Groups, and to claim land in the West for the US. 

200

Most of the westward trails began here.

Independence, Missouri

300

The Mormon Trail ended here.

Salt Lake City

400

These people traveled the California Trail.

Gold-seekers

500

The transportation revolution made westward travel this. 

Easier and faster

Indian Removal

100

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by this president in this year.

Andrew Jackson- 1830

200

This tribe was the first of the Five Tribes to be forcibly removed.

The Choctaws

300

Native Americans were removed to this place, present-day Oklahoma

Indian Territory

400

The US Constitution establishes the Native American tribes as this. 

Sovereign, independent nations

500

In 1829 gold was discovered on this tribe's ancestral lands (present-day Georgia).

Cherokee

Land Acquisitions

100

These three land acquisitions were purchased along with the countries they were purchased from

Louisiana- France; Florida- Spain; Gadsden Purchase- Mexico

200

This independent country was annexed and became a US State

Texas

300

These land acquisitions were the result of the US winning wars.

The Thirteen Colonies and the Mexican Cession

400

Your home state and the territorial acquisition (with the date of acquisition

Idaho- Oregon Treaty of 1846

500

This treaty established the boundary between the US and Canada.

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

Gold Rush

100

This group of people earned the most money during the California Gold Rush

Merchants who catered to gold seekers

200

The California Trail ended here

Sutter's Mill

300

Name one impact of the California Gold Rush

Population boom, strengthened world economy, financed the Transcontinental Railroad, Native Americans forced to leave their land

400

The California Gold Rush occurred between these years

1848-1855

500

This was ONE way gold miners would get to California

Cape Horn, Panama shortcut, California Trail

Slavery

100

In this agreement, Missouri joined the Union as a slave state and a line was drawn where slavery could and could not expand

The Missouri Compromise

200

This agreement abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C.

The Compromise of 1850

300

This agreement passed the Fugitive Slave Act where citizens were required to return runaway slaves, even in the north

The Compromise of 1850

400

As a result of this law, pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers fled to the area to make sure the vote went their way.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

500

This law allowed Kansas and Nebraska to organize as territories. The local people could decide if they wanted slavery or not.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act