Big Ideas
This phrase means Americans believed the country should grow west and that God granted them rights to settle the land.
Manifest Destiny
This purchase doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
These two explorers traveled west for the U.S.
Lewis and Clark
Texas joining the U.S. caused arguments about this.
Slavery
This helped people travel west faster his helped people travel west faster
railroads
This word means the country was supposed to grow bigger.
expansion
The U.S. bought land from this country.
France
This woman helped guide Lewis and Clark.
Sacagawea
his war was fought between the U.S. and Mexico.
Mexican American War
Railroads helped move people and these.
goods
This direction Americans moved for land and opportunity.
west
This city controlled trade on the Mississippi River.
New Orleans
This trail was used by settlers moving west.
Oregon trail
States without slavery were called these.
Free States
Being forced to move from land is called this.
Displacement
This group already lived on the land Americans wanted.
Native Americans
This country sold Florida to the U.S.
Spain
This was discovered in California in 1848
gold
People who wanted to end slavery
Abolutionist
This was built in 1869 to connect the East and West.
Transcontinental Railroad
This land was gained after fighting Mexico.
Mexican Cession
People who moved west to start new lives.
settlers
This war happened later because of tensions about slavery
Civil War
This helped settlers travel west before railroads were finished.
wagon trails