Important Words
Movement of people from one place to another
What is migration?
In 1803 this doubled the size of our country.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The belief that the U.S had the right to expand westward/ expand coast to coast.
What is manifest destiny?
This advancement in technology improved trade and connected New York City with the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Erie Canal?
To make something bigger
What is to expand/expansion?
Kidnapping
What is impressment?
This journey was approved by Thomas Jefferson to help discover new resources in the west.
What is the Lewis & Clark expedition?
This trail was traveled by thousands of settlers looking to move out west.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This important port led to an increase in trade for the United States.
What is New Orleans?
The leader who sold the Louisiana territory.
Who is Napoleon?
An official ban on trade
What is an embargo?
This was the precious metal that was discovered in California.
What is Gold?
These are examples of the resources the U.S obtained from the land in the Louisiana Territory.
What are fur, farmland, gold, buffalo, lumber?
The Erie Canal connected these two important cities.
What are Albany and Buffalo?
This 16 year old Native American helped Lewis & Clark survive their westward expedition.
Who is Sacagawea?
This law required the government to make treaties with a group of people to acquire their land.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This group were the unfortunate losers of the War of 1812 and did not get any of the land they were promised.
Who were the Native Americans?
This political action led directly to the Trail of Tears.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This state was admitted into the U.S after a precious metal was discover and many people moved there.
What is California?
This was the animal that Lewis & Clark found in the west that was considered a luxury item to many people.
What is the beaver?
The difficult, forced removal of the Cherokee Native Americans from their homeland which led to thousands of deaths
What is the Trail of Tears?
The opening of this new type of transportation led to an increase in trade within the United States.
What is the Erie Canal?
This was the president who bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The discovery of a water route to the west led to more trade with these countries.
What are China & India?
To add onto something
What is annexation?