Inventions
Factors that influenced Westward Expansion
Land Acquired
Reform Movements
Miscellaneous
200
What was one negative effect of the cotton gin?
It caused people to want more slavery in the south.
200
What was happening in Eastern cities that made some people want to move west?
They were getting too crowded.
200
Which country sold the U.S. the land of the Louisiana Purchase?
France
200
What was the main topic of discussion at the Seneca Falls convention?
Women's Rights
200
What does the word "economic" mean?
Has to do with earning money.
400
What did the cotton gin do?
It removed seeds from cotton more easily and quickly.
400
Where was the Gold Rush that cause many to move westward?
California
400
The U.S. gained the Oregon Territory in a treaty with which country?
Great Britain
(England)
400
Which abolitionist escaped slavery and helped many other people escape through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
400
Why was it beneficial for some African Americans to move west during Westward Expansion?
There were more economic opportunities for them there.
600
What did the Steamboat do that encouraged Westward Expansion?
It helped Southern farmers get their goods (particularly cotton) to northern factories and to the West.
600
Why would a person interested in farming or homesteading want to move their family to the west?
There was a lot of cheap, fertile land.
600
Who was the Shoshone woman who assisted the Lewis and Clark expedition as they explored the Louisiana Territory?
Sacagawea
600
Which abolitionist escaped slavery, wrote his autobiography, and eventually published the newspaper The North Star?
Frederick Douglass
600
-Rivers in the new territories
-Canals--particularly the Erie Canal
-Steamboats
These are all examples of what?
Cheaper and faster transportation methods
800
What did the reaper do?
It helped farmers harvest grain and hay more quickly.
800
Name two ways people could make money if they settled in the west.
Logging, Farming, fur trading, selling goods to other settlers, and finding gold.
800
Which state was an independent country before it joined the U.S. in the 1840s?
Texas
800
Which abolitionist founded the American Anti-Slavery Society and published the newspaper The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
800
What do you call the event when thousands of Cherokees and members of other tribes were forcibly moved from their lands east of the Mississippi to current-day Oklahoma.
The Trail of Tears
1000
How did the steam locomotive benefit people?
It allowed people to travel more quickly and safely over land.
1000
What is the idea that it was good and right for America to spread democracy across the entire continent.
Manifest Destiny
1000
How did the U.S. gain the territory known as the Mexican Cession?
We received it from Mexico at the end of the Mexican-American War.
1000
What were two specific concerns mentioned at the Seneca Falls Convention?
(answers will vary)
Women's right to:
-vote; have equal access to education; have equal opportunities in business; have rights inside of marriage; have rights to their own property, etc.
1000
What law ("Act") allowed the federal government to negotiate treaties with eastern native tribes, exchanging their lands for land in the West.
The Indian Removal Act