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when gold was discovered in California many people went there to strike it rich
California Gold Rush
formal agreement between two or more countries
treaty
railroad tracks that connected the East Coast with the West Coast
Transcontinental Railroad
the movement of people from the east to west with the goal to acquire more land for the United States
Westward Expansion
Native Americans were taken from their homelands and sent to land reserved for them
Indian Removal
the belief that it was God's plan for the U.S to have all land in North America from the Atlantic to Pacific
Manifest Destiny
A revolutionary mode of transportation that ran on wood, coal or steam.
Train
1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.
Louisiana Purchase
the path that the Cherokee went on as they were forced from their land and moved to Oklahoma
Trail of Tears
major trail used by settlers to go from Missouri to Oregon and California
Oregon Trail
Ended the Mexican American War and gave the U.S the lands in North Mexico
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
An area of land set aside for a group of people. Often this land was undesirable or hard to farm.
Reservation
leaders of the expeditions to explore the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
War between the U.S and Mexico over the border dispute about Texas leading to the Mexican Cession
Mexican-American War
the total money, time, resources, and effects associated with a purchase or activity
Cost
to absorb into the cultural tradition of a population or group
assimilation
something that is used to make something or meet the needs of people
resource
An addition of land to the United States North and West of the Ohio River Valley. Set up a system for how states would be admitted into the United States
Northwest Ordinance
An item or a service that improves life.
benefit
the action of annexing something, especially territory.
annexation