Vocab
Adding a region to the territory of an existing political unit (country).
What is ANNEXATION.
Main goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
What is to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
What happened to US population between 1790 and 1860?
What is the POPULATION GREW.
The idea that Americans were chosen by God to settle the Western Lands.
What is MANIFEST DESTINY.
Goal of Indian Removal Policy under President Andrew Jackson.
What is TO MOVE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES TO LANDS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVERS SO THEIR OLD LANDS COULD BE USED BY AMERICAN SETTLERS.
To formally give up rights, property, or territory, often by treaty.
What is CESSION.
Translator for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Who is SACAGAWEA.
It allowed for rapid communication between the East and West coasts.
What is the TELEGRAPH.
Land acquisition acquired from France in 1803 for $15 million.
What is the Louisiana Purchase.
Group that was negatively affected by westward expansion.
Who are NATIVE AMERICANS.
A person who is among the first to settle a new area.
What is a PIONEER.
Mountain range that was a huge obstacle for Lewis and Clark.
What are the ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
Forms of transportation that helped people move Westward during the 1800s.
What are TRAINS, WAGONS.
Land acquisition that includes the current state of California.
What is the MEXICAN CESSION.
Area of land set aside by the US government for Native American tribes.
What is a RESERVATION.
A community that experiences a sudden and rapid population growth.
What is a BOOMTOWN.
The fort that Lewis and Clark stayed at when the reached the Pacific Ocean.
What is FORT CLATSOP.
Historic route used by pioneers traveling to settle in Oregon Country.
What is the OREGON TRAIL.
Land acquisition that doubled the size of the country.
What is the LOUISIANA PURCHASE.
The edge of settled land, beyond which lay unexplored territory.
What is the FRONTIER.
A piece of US public land acquired by living on and farming it.
What is a HOMESTEAD.
The goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
To find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
To explore and map the Louisiana Territory.
To claim the land for the United States.
To trade with Native Americans.
Purpose of the Oregon Trail.
What is CONNECTING MISSOURI TO OREGON FOR PIONEERS MOVING WEST.
How the US gained the land where we now live.
What is the MEXICAN CESSION.
Trail that the Cherokee were forced to march on from the home lands to Indian Territory.
What is the TRAIL OF TEARS.