This U.S president purchased the Louisiana Territory from France
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
The name given to the people who were part of the California gold rush
Who are the 49ers?
100
What term can be used to describe the Cherokees trying to fit into the American way of life
What is assimilation?
100
James Madison tried to enforce parts of this act even after Congress repealed it by passing a law that forbade merchants to trade with France or Britain.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807
200
Which Shawnee chief sought to stop the loss of Native American Land to white settlers?
Who is Tecumseh
200
This man won the presidency by promising to expand west
Who is James K. Polk?
200
The name of the forced migration of the Native Americans into the Oklahoma Territory.
What is the Trail of Tears?
200
A person who buys land hoping it will increase in value
What is a land speculator?
200
How many casualties were there in the Bear Flag Revolt?
What is zero
300
This U.S president called for the Indian Removal Act
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
Gold was found first in California on this man's land
Who is John Setter?
300
What line separates the rivers that flow west from those that float east?
What is the Continental Divide?
300
Which religious group went to the Salt Lake valley to flee persecution?
What are the Mormons
300
What did the Zebulon Pike Expedition falsely call the Great Plains?
What is a desert?
400
He founded Mormonism
Who is Joseph Smith?
400
This man won the battle on Lake Erie in 1813
Who is Oliver Hazard Perry?
400
What did mountain man Jedediah Smith discover that made it possible for the expansion west?
What is the South Pass?
400
The term for the idea that America had not only the right, but also the duty, to expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
400
Which battle did Texas capture Santa Anna and finally win irs independence from Mexico?
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
500
He sold the Louisiana Purchase to America for a very low amount
Who is Napoleon?
500
This man started the first white settlement in Texas
Who is Stephen Austin?
500
The term given to the act of kidnapping sailors and forcing them to work on British ships
What is impressment?
500
The term given to describe Texas's attachment to the U.S before it became a state
What is annexation?
500
The treaty that ended the Mexican War in which Mexico sold mass amounts of land to the U.S