The Louisiana Purchase
Gave the US control of this river to ship goods up and down and the Port of New Orleans for access to the ocean.
The Mississippi River
1820
True or False: Manifest Destiny's consequences were all bad!
False.
True or False: It led to the Indian Removal Act
True
What were the people on this expedition trying to do?
Collect samples of plants to bring back east | find a water route to the Pacific Ocean | to establish trade between the US and American Indian tribes
The US got this much bigger as a result...
Twice as big | Double the size
Name one way Tallmadge wanted to limit slavery in Missouri.
Not let new slaves in, let children of slaves be free
They were driven from their lands.
True or False: It led to the Trail of Tears
True
Who led this expedition?
Was Florida in the Louisiana Purchase?
No
He thought that Congress had no right to tell the citizens of Missouri that they couldn't have enslave people.
How did Manifest Destiny affect enslaved people?
More territories and states allowed slaves.
Why was the Trail of Tears named that?
Because 1 out of 4 indigenous people died as they were forced from home toward "Indian territory."
Why couldn't Missouri become a state in 1818?
People could not agree over whether Missouri should be a slave state or a free state.
True or False: The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state.
True.