Key Events/Laws
1803 Purchase it doubled the size of the US
Louisiana Purchase
How much did the US pay Mexico for the Mexican Cession
$15 million
This famous trail led settlers to Oregon, California, and Utah
Oregon Trail
This act gave settlers 160 acres of land if they farmed out west
Homestead Act
This land completed westward expansion and was bought to build the Transcontinental Railroad
Gadsden Purchase
This trail was used by Mormon settlers heading to Utah
Mormon Trail
This phrase was used as a rallying cry to claim the entire Oregon Territory from Great Britain
54 40 or Fight
This act forced Indian tribes to move to reservations west of the Mississippi River
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Who did the US acquire Florida from?
France
This land was added to the US in 1845
Texas
This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican American War and added the Southwest to the United States
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Name one economic reason settlers moved out west
farming, gold, jobs, land ownership
Name 2 ways the US acquired land during Westward expansion
war, treaties, purchase, annexation
Name 2 dangers settlers faced on the trails
disease, starvation, weather, river crossings, accidents
This religious group traveled to Utah to escape persecution and establish a new community
Mormons
Name 3 Presidents that supported westward expansion
Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk
How much did the US pay for all the land they acquired during Westward Expansion?
45 million
5 million- Florida
15 million- Louisiana Territory
15 million- Mexican Cession
10 million-Gadsden Purchase
Which group helped build the railroads out west?
Chinese immigrants
This 1872 painting by John Gast shows a female figure leading settlers out west
American Progress