Erie Canal + Manifest Destiny
This idea claimed the U.S. was meant to expand across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This president signed the Indian Removal Act.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This famous phrase comes from a battle during Texas independence.
What is “Remember the Alamo!”?
This event brought thousands of people to California in 1849.
What is the Gold Rush?
This route helped settlers travel west to Oregon.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This waterway made it cheaper and faster to move goods west.
What is the Erie Canal?
This law forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Texas was originally controlled by this country.
What is Spain?
Name one positive effect of westward expansion.
What is more land/resources/opportunities?
This meeting in 1848 launched the women’s rights movement.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
The Erie Canal helped support Manifest Destiny by doing this.
What is making travel and trade easier, encouraging westward settlement?
This Supreme Court case ruled Native Americans could not be forced off their land.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This agreement ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This land purchase from Mexico helped complete the southern border.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This was one major danger settlers faced on the Oregon Trail.
What is disease/weather/starvation/accidents?
Explain how transportation improvements helped spread Manifest Destiny.
What is they allowed people and goods to move west more easily, encouraging expansion?
Why did opponents call Andrew Jackson “King Andrew”?
What is he used too much power/ignored other branches?
Why did the annexation of Texas lead to conflict with Mexico?
What is Mexico still claimed Texas as its territory, border disputes, and Manifest Destiny?
Explain one negative consequence of westward expansion.
What is displacement of Native Americans/conflict/war?
Why did westward expansion create new reform movements?
What is it exposed inequalities and social issues in new territories?
What year was the Erie Canal completed?
What is 1825?
After Andrew Jackson vetoed the recharter of the national bank, he removed federal deposits and placed them into these state banks, which critics gave this nickname.
What are “pet banks”?
This U.S. president was in office during the Mexican-American War.
Who is James K. Polk?
This river was the disputed border between Texas and Mexico that helped start the war.
What is the Rio Grande?
This agreement between the U.S. and Britain set the Oregon boundary at the 49th parallel.
What is the Oregon Treaty (1846)?