Texas
Moving West
Gold Rush and Other
Industrial Revolution
Native Americans
100
The people of Texas wanted independence from this country.
What is Mexico?
100
President Jefferson sent these two explorers on an expedition into the West to gather information about plants, animals, landforms, climates, Native Americans, and the Missouri and Columbia Rivers.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
100
This territory was added to the United States in 1848. Soon after, gold was discovered and thousands of people rushed there to dig for gold.
What is California?
100
In 1793, Eli Whitney invented this machine that cleaned all of the seeds out of cotton.
What is a cotton gin?
100
After the gold rush, miners and farmers in this state killed and took the land of many Indians.
What is California?
200
In 1836, this military fort was attacked by the Mexican army. Most of the Texans inside, including Davy Crockett, were killed.
What is the Alamo?
200
Daniel Boone, a hunter and pioneer, helped clear a new road through the Appalachian Mountains, called this.
What is Wilderness Road?
200
This is what you call a town that was formed near gold mines whose population quickly grew.
What is a boomtown?
200
In 1837, this man invented a steel plow, which is a machine that can easily cut through tough soil.
Who is John Deere?
200
A group of Creek Indians moved to Florida, settled on rivers and streams, grew corn, melons, and beans, and ate fish and birds. When Americans tried to force them out of their homes, they fought back under the lead of Chief Osceola. They became known as this tribe.
Who are the Seminoles?
300
Supporters of the United States annexing Texas believed that it was the nation's destiny to spread across the entire North American continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. This belief is called this.
What is manifest destiny?
300
In 1803, the USA gained a huge piece of land when President Thomas Jefferson bought the land from France, in this transaction.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
300
This woman escaped slavery in Maryland, and then made 19 return-trips to help about 300 others escape from slavery through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
Invented by Samuel Morse, this invention allowed people to communicate over long distances through electrical wires.
What is the telegraph?
300
Signed in 1830 by President Andrew Jackson, this act ordered all American Indians to leave their homes and move west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
400
In 1848, United States and Mexico signed a peace treaty called this. This treaty allowed Texas to become part of the U.S. with the Rio Grande as the border. It also gave the U.S. a huge piece of land, called the Mexican Cession. In return, the U.S. gave Mexico $15 million.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
400
This trail was about 2,000 miles long, stretching from Missouri to present-day Oregon.
What is the Oregon Trail?
400
This woman was the leader of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, where women discussed their rights. She stated, "All men and women are equal." This was the beginning of the women's rights movement.
Who is Cady Elizabeth Stanton?
400
This invention allowed for much faster travel. By 1850, 9,000 miles of tracks had been laid. This made it much easier for facories and farmers to send their goods to almost any city in the US.
What is a steam locomotive (train)?
400
This was the 1,000 mile journey that the Cherokee Indians were forced to make from the southeast into Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. About 1/4 of the Cherokee died along the way from starvation, disease, or cold weather.
What is the Trail of Tears?
500
This man was the president of Mexico at the time of the Texas and Mexican War.
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
500
Name 3 different hardships that the people on the Oregon Trail experienced.
injuries, diseases, bad weather, starvation, dehydration, etc.
500
This woman was an important abolitionist who had been born into slavery. Spoke in favor of banning slavery and allowing women to have equal rights.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
500
This form of transportation, invented by Robert Fulton, traveled on rivers and canals.
What is a steamboat?
500
In 1824, some Crow Indians showed a trapper a way to travel through the Rocky Mountains that was wide enough for wagons. This route became known as this.
What is the South Pass?
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