War of 1812
The British kidnapping of American sailors to force them into the Navy was called this.
What is Impressment?
President Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from this country.
What is France?
"Remember the _____!" was the battle cry that inspired Texas to win independence.
What is the Alamo?
In 1849, thousands of people rushed to this territory to find gold.
What is California?
This river flows south into the Gulf of Mexico and is a major "gateway" for trade.
What is the Mississippi River?
During the invasion of Washington D.C., the British burned this famous building where the President lives.
What is the White House?
The main benefit of the Louisiana Purchase was gaining access to this body of water for trade.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This river became the official border between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
When a family chose to give up their comfortable home to get free land, the home was this economic term.
What is Opportunity Cost?
This is the flat, grassy region in the middle of the U.S. where buffalo lived.
What are the Great Plains?
This First Lady saved a portrait of George Washington before escaping the fire.
Who is Dolly Madison?
President Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to find a water route to this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
These were the two worst dangers pioneers faced on the Oregon Trail.
What are disease and terrain?
When Stan buys a pickaxe from Gideon and both men are happy, it is called this type of exchange.
What is Voluntary Exchange?
This man-made gateway connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Erie Canal?
Francis Scott Key wrote this song after seeing the flag still flying over Fort McHenry.
What is "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
This Shoshone woman served as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark.
Who is Sacagawea?
This geographic feature in the Rocky Mountains slowed pioneers down and made the trail crooked.
What is the Continental Divide?
Who benefits in a voluntary exchange?.
Who are BOTH people (buyer and seller)?
True or False: The Continental Divide made it impossible to cross the mountains.
What is False (It just slowed them down).
Although no land changed hands, the war created a strong feeling of pride in America called this.
What is Nationalism?
True or False: Lewis and Clark succeeded in finding a continuous water route to the Pacific.
What is False?
People left crowded cities like New York and this city to move West.
What is Boston (or Philadelphia)?
The Gold Rush and westward expansion caused the decline of this animal, hurting Native American resources.
What is the Buffalo?
Miners in 1849 were looking for gold in the streams of this mountain range.
What are the Sierra Nevada Mountains?