Lousiana Purchase
This purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This belief stated that Americans were meant to expand westward across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The U.S. advantage at the start of the War of 1812 was that Britain was fighting this country.
What is France?
Robert Fulton is best known for inventing this.
What is the steamboat?
The discovery of gold here caused mass migration.
What is the California Gold Rush?
One effect of the Louisiana Purchase was that American farmers could ship goods using this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
Supporters of Manifest Destiny wanted to do this to North America.
What occupies all of North America?
Which of the following can be added to the chart of causes of War of 1812?
The American Alliance with France
The steamboat helped settlers by making this easier.
What is transporting people and goods?
President Polk supported westward expansion and the annexation of Texas
This European leader agreed to sell the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
In westward expansion paintings, these best represent Manifest Destiny.
What are covered wagons heading westward?
Great Britain gave up hope of controlling the United States
This invention most improved long-distance communication.
What is the telegraph?
This law forced Native American tribes to move west.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory mainly because he needed money to fund this.
What is a war with Great Britain?
Manifest Destiny encouraged Americans to move west for land, opportunity, and this.
What is economic opportunity (or new land)?
This famous song was written during the War of 1812.
What is “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
This road helped new towns grow as Americans moved west.
What is the National Road?
The forced removal of the Cherokee is known as this.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The Louisiana Purchase gave the United States access to this major ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Destiny most directly led to conflicts with this group.
Who are Native American tribes?
One outcome of the War of 1812 was that Britain stopped trying to do this.
What controls the United States?
This canal provided a cheaper way to ship goods from the Midwest.
What is the Erie Canal?
One negative impact settlers had on Native Americans was spreading this.
What are diseases?