Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to this person asking him to explore the new land.
Who is Meriwether Lewis?
The people on the Oregon Trail traveled by what
What is a wagon?
The Louisiana Purchase did what to the size of the United States.
What is double the size?
Named the 5th President of the United States
Who is James Monroe?
Lewis and Clark traveled mainly on what river.
What is Missouri River?
Name the reason people were traveling the trail
What traveling westward for a new life?
Name an invention that helped cities grow.
What is railroad, steamboats, canals, and factories?
Explain the reason Lewis and Clark had for taking the journey.
What is finding a water route to the Pacific Ocean and finding out about animals, plants, land, and Native Americans?
Name one hardship the people faced while traveling westward?
What is disease, weather, rivers, mountains, accidents, and Indians?
Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas such as the between the North and the South.
What is sectionalism?
Lewis and Clark met this Native American at Fort Mandan to help guide them in the new territory.
Who is Sacagewea?
Name the impact Erie Canal made on the Native Americans.
What is forcing them off their land?
Eli Whitney invented what to help a product easier to pick.
What is the cotton gin?
When Great Britain and America went to war over land it was called ___________.
What is War of 1812?
Explain Manifest Destiny.
What is the belief that America should expand its limits from the east to the west from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
The ability of individuals and businesses to own property and decide how to use it and not have the government telling them how to use it.
What is capitalism?
State that was admitted at the same time as Missouri, but as a free state.
What is Maine?