Westward Expansion
To gain control of New Orleans and the Mississippi River
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
These ordinary families traveled West in search of better opportunities
Who were the Pioneers
Great Britain, 1700s
What is where and when the Industrial Revolution began
States' rights and Kansas
What are 2 causes of the Civil War
2,000 miles
What is the length of the Oregon Trail
Spain ceding Florida to the US
What is the Florida Treaty of 1819?
What were the common reasons for Westward Migration?
What is fertile farmland, gold rush, and religious freedom.
Eli Whitney's most significant invention
What is the cotton gin
Election of President Lincoln
What is an event that led directly to the Civil War
Centralized production in large buildings
What is the factory system of the Industrial Revolution
Gaining control of California and lands in the Southwest USA
What is the Mexican Cession?
Independence, Missouri
What is the starting point of the Oregon Trial
Increased production of goods
What was a positive effect of the Industrial Revolution
Union
What is the name of the Northern States in the Civil War
New England
What is the location in the US that was first industrialized
This President made the land deal of a lifetime when he secured the Louisiana Purchase for $15 million.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
What were some dangers of the Oregon Trail?
What is disease, bad weather and wild animal attacks
A shift from Agricultural based society to Industrial based society
What is the Industrial Revolution
Confederate
What is the name of the Southern States in the Civil War
The belief that the US had a God-given right to expand from the East coast to the West Coast
What is Manifest Destiny
In 1853 the Gladsden Purchase was made for this reason
What is a way to reach the Pacific Ocean by train
Rough land and deep rivers
What were obstacles pioneers faced on the Oregon Trail
Steamboats, railroads, canals
What is ways in which transportation was improved by the Industrial Revolution
The document that declared slaves in confederate states to be free
Working from home to produce goods
What is the Cottage Industry