Louisiana
Why did the United States want Louisiana?
Trade, land, and New Orleans
What is manifest destiny?
The belief that the United States was meant to settle all the land between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (“From sea to shining sea”).
Explain one reason why the buffalo were important to the Plains Indians.
Buffalo were their source of food, clothing, shelter, weapons, and tools.
What former Mexican territory asked the U.S. to annex it in 1845, making it the 28th state?
Texas
Who is the 3rd President of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the size of the United States?
The U.S. doubled in size.
Name one way the U.S. acquired new land.
War, Purchases, Annexation, Negotiation
What happened to the number of buffalo as more Americans moved West?
The number of buffalo decreased.
Thousands of Native Americans died of disease, cold, and hunger.
What is the capital of New York State?
Albany
What was the main mission of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
To find the Northwest Passage
What was the advantage of using the Erie Canal?
People could travel and trade cheaper and faster.
Name one Native American Tribe forced to move on the Trail of Tears.
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, Choctaw
Why did people support Indian Removal?
Gold was found in Georgia/White Settlers wanted the land.
Who was known as the "King of the Wild Frontier"
David "Davy" Crockett
This was the price of the Louisiana Territory
What is 15 million dollars?
What word means to take land and make it apart of your nation? example: Texas
Annex
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
What law forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River?
Indian Removal Act
Gold was discovered in California in what year?
1848! not 1849 most people moved there in 1849.
This became the largest port in the United States?
What is New Orleans?
The United States defeated what country to gain most of its land in the southwest, including California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Mexico
About how many Native Americans died on the Trail of Tears?
2000-4000
What were European countries warned against in the Monroe Doctrine?
Creating colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
What country did the U.S. divide Oregon Country with at the 49th parallel?
Great Britain