Who was the ruler of France who sold the Louisiana Territory to President Jefferson?
100
Slavery
What was the most noticeable difference between North and South?
100
The cotton gin
What invention made growing cotton profitable because it made processing cotton easier?
100
Pioneers
What were the people called who headed west in covered wagons looking for a better life?
200
Great Britain
Who did we split the Oregon Territory with?
200
The land was not very fertile, large population and lots of natural resources (like coal).
Why was the North perfect for the development of industries?
200
Railroads
What new form of transportation radically changed travel by land?
200
Texas
What state was an independent country before becoming a state?
300
We won it after fighting the Mexican-American war.
How did we get the New Mexico Territory?
300
Cotton
What was the economy in the South based on?
300
Eli Whitney
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
300
Lewis and Clark
Who were the leaders of the expedition sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory?
400
The Port of New Orleans
What did President Jefferson originally want to buy from France?
400
Maine
What northern state was added with Missouri to balance the slave and free states in the Missouri Compromise?
400
The Telegraph
What invention radically changed communication?
400
The Monroe Doctrine
What is the American declaration called that said Europe could not conquer any new colonies in America?
500
Manifest Destiny
What is the term that refers to the widely held belief that it was America's destiny to head westward and it was inevitable that the U.S. spread from Sea to Sea?
500
The 36th Parallel
The North and South were divided along what line in the Missouri Compromise?
500
John Deere
Who invented the Steel tipped plow?
500
The Erie Canal
What man-made waterway connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie opening the West to settlement?