Louisiana Purchase
This president purchased the land.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to these people asking them to explore the new land.
Who is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
What started the U.S. Mexican War
Border dispute over which river was the boundry
The Louisians Purchase did what to the size of the United States.
What is double the size?
The name given to the removal of Cherokees from their homelands to what is now Oklahoma.
What is Trail of Tears?
The land was purchased from this country
What is France?
Lewis and Clark travled mainly on what river.
What is Missouri River?
Who was president of the U.S. during the war?
James K Polk
Name the factors that helped cities grow. Hint forms of transportation
What is railroad, steamboats and canals
The 1820 ruling that admitted Missouri as a slave state. and helped maintain the balance between the free states and slave states. Hint it was a compromise
What is Missouri Compromise?
The amount of money the land was purchased for.
What is 15 million dollars?
Explain one effect of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
What is finding a water route to the Pacific Ocean and finding out about animals, plants, land, and Indians, new and improved maps
Who was president of Mexico during the war?
Antonio de Santa Ana
What was the reason California became a state in 1850?
California Gold Rush
This opened so that goods could be transported by water from the Great Lakes to New York City.
What is Erie Canal?
The year the land was purchased
What is 1803?
Who served as Lewis and Clark's guide and translator ?
Sacagewea
What is the territory that Mexico lost and was ceded to the U.S.
The Mexican Cession
Which immigrant group helped build the Transcontinental Railroad?
The Chinese
Name the treaty that made Florida part of the U.S.
Adams-Onis Treaty
During the time of the Louisiana Purchase, United States was still having trouble with what country trying to claim part of North America.
What is Great Britian?
The number of months it took them to get to the Pacific Ocean.
What is 18 months?
This treaty officially ended the U.S. War
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was the push factor that led the Irish to immigrate to the U.S.?
The Potato Famine
The U.S. acquired this state in 1845?
Texas