People
The two men hired by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly bought Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark
The unexplored and unsettled land in America
Frontier
The President of Mexico
Santa Anna
What was a major advantage of the steamboat over river rafts?
Name the advantages of railroads over canals
>They didn't freeze in winter
>They could travel over mountains
>They were faster
The Shoshone woman who helped lead Lewis and Clark across the Louisiana Territory (with a baby!)
Sacagawea
The Forty-Niners
Name one reason people wanted to travel west, even though it was difficult
>A sense of adventure
>They wanted a fresh start
>They wanted more land to farm
What happened to Native Americans as more settlers moved west?
They were forced westward into reservations
What was the name of the merchant who sold lots of pants to miners in California?
Levi Strauss
The president who ordered the native peoples to move west (the Trail of Tears)
Andrew Jackson
An agreement in which both parties sacrifice (or give up) something in order to make both people happy
Compromise
What was the major barrier that stopped people from moving west in the beginning of the 1800s?
The Appalachian Mountains
What was the name of the kinds of people who opposed slavery and protested Texas joining the Union because they didn't want another slave state in the country
Abolitionists
Where did the Mormons settle? (State and city)
Salt Lake City, Utah
The frontiersman who cleared the Wilderness Trail so people could move west
Daniel Boone
The belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand westward across the entire North American continent and take liberty to everyone
Manifest Destiny
Why did the Native Americans resent white settlers?
They stole Native land
Name a reason that Americans kept moving to the West
>They felt they had a right to
>They wanted more good farmland
>They believed in Manifest Destiny
Which tribe does the tall Indian from Little House belong to?
Osage
The 11th president of the U.S. who led the Mexican-American War
James K. Polk
Annex
What is so valuable about Oregon Country?
It had a lot of resources like fur, gold, timber, farmland, water, and good trade locations
What did Mexico ask American settlers to do if they moved there?
Become Mexican citizens and become Catholic
Which president died so mysteriously that many conspiracies were created, including:
>He ate too many cherries and too much milk, causing his stomach to explode
>He got a bacterial infection of cholera from ice chips
>He was actually the first president to be assassinated by a man on the street who poisoned him with arsenic
President Zachary Taylor (leader in the Mexican-American War)