Native Americans
This Native American group was one of the main causes of the acquisition of Florida by the Unites States.
The Seminoles
A war of rebellion was fought between this U.S. state and mexico.
Texas
Promises of fertile land, economic opportunity, and a fresh start motivated thousands of families to travel this path west.
The Oregon Trail
This territory purchased by the U.S. in 1803 from Spain doubled the size of the original U.S. territory.
The Louisiana Purchase
This book in the Bible comes directly after the four gospels.
Acts
This is an area of land that was set aside for native american groups by the U.S. government.
Reservations
This president expanded U.S. territory and started the Mexican-American War after a border dispute with Mexico.
James Polk
In 1846, the United States and Great Britain agreed to divide the Oregon territory along this line.
The 49th parallel
This agreement between the U.S. and Britain split the disputed land between the U.S. and British Canada.
The Oregon Compromise
This is a gas that plants absorb from the atmosphere.
Carbon Dioxide
This event in American History resulted in the death of thousands of Native American people who were forced to walk thousands of miles at gnupoint by the U.S. Military.
The Trail of Tears
In 1818, this general invaded Spanish Florida, leading Spain to eventually give the territory to the United States.
Andrew Jackson
In 1819, the United States gained this southern territory from Spain, securing land that later became a major slave state.
Florida
This treaty was what resulted in the United States gaining the Florida Territory.
The Adams-Onis Treaty
This line divides the northern and southern hemispheres.
The Equator
This 1830 law led to the forced removal of many Native Americans from their lands.
The Indian Removal Act
This Mexican general led the army at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution.
Debates over whether new territories would allow this system increased tensions between the North and South before the Civil War.
Slavery
This treaty ended the Mexican-American war.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This country has the most natural lakes in the world.
Canada
This U.S. president supported the forced removal of Native American Groups through the signing of laws.
Andrew Jackson
Many Americans used this idea to justify/defend expansion and the Mexican-American war.
Manifest Destiny
The discovery of this in California was a major cause of pioneers traveling west in the 1840's.
Gold
This agreement between the U.S. and Mexico resulted in the purchase of a small strip of land that is part of modern New Mexico and Arizona.
The Gadsden Purchase
This planet is known for its Great Red Spot, a massive storm.
Jupiter