Louisiana
What river did the Louisiana Territory help secure?
What is the Mississippi River?
Under this first Government, the U.S. added five new states to the Union
What were the Articles of Confederation?
Which President is responsible for signing the Indian Removal Act?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The original colonial settlements of Jamestown, Plymouth, and New Amsterdam (New York) were all similar by being near what geographic feature?
What is near the coastlines
What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the size of the United States?
The U.S. doubled in size.
This group lost their land, resources, and lives as American settlers moved West
Who are Native Americans?
Native Americans of the "Five Civilized Tribes" were relocated here;
What is the "Indian Territory"?
Which colonial region held the majority of enslaved persons?
The U.S. purchased the territory from this European nation
What is France?
What was the advantage of using the Erie Canal?
People could travel and trade cheaper and faster.
Name the policy that forcefully removed Native Americans of the Southwest to West of the Mississippi River
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Outlined by the Appalachian mountains, this boundary line prevented colonists from settling West, a major cause of the Revolutionary war.
What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Who were the surveyors hired to explore the Louisiana Territory?
Who are Louis and Clark?
New technologies like steam power, telecommunications, and the Railroad emerged from this period of technological advancement
What is the Industrial Revolution?
What is the name given to the pieces of land that Native Americans were forced to live on once they were removed from their own land?
Reservations
In George Washington's Farewell address, he warns against sectionalism, political parties, and. . .
What are foreign alliances?
Controlling this key port city was essential to the economic success of the U.S. It was one of the main reasons behind the Louisiana Purchase
Where is New Orleans?
A belief that it was fate from a higher power that the U.S. conquer the entire continent; linking the East and West Coasts
What is Manifest Destiny
Informal name used to describe the despair that the Cherokee Nation faced during their march West following the enforcement of the removal act
What is the Trail of Tears?
The main power of the Judicial Branch is to interpret laws and rule on their constitutionality. This power is known as. . .
What is Judicial Review?