Territory
Territory that was an independent republic before joining U.S.
Texas
Because of the population growth in the eastern U.S., settlers moved?
West
Gold
Which invention increased the production of cotton and the need for more slaves?
Cotton Gin
What movement (people) worked to end slavery?
Abolitionist
What territory was acquired from Spain through a treaty?
Florida
What new invention provided faster water transportation?
Steamboat
This was a law that allowed the U.S. Government negotiate treaties to exchange Native Americans land in the east for lands out west?
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Which invention increased the production of American farming?
The Reaper
What movement or people worked for women's basic rights?
Suffrage or Suffragist
California
Gold,logging,farming, and freedom were what kind of opportunities?
Economic
What reservation or territory were Native Americans forced to move to?
Oklahoma
What inventor improved the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
She helped free hundreds of slaves using the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What is the name of the territory acquired from France by Thomas Jefferson?
Louisiana Territory
Settlers moved west using overland trails such as?
Oregon and Sante Fe
The forceful migration of Native people from Georgia during 1838-1839 to Oklahoma is known as the?
Trail of Tears
What invention provided faster land transportation?
Steam Locomotive
She played a leadership role in the Women's Suffrage movement?
Elizabeth Stanton
What territory was divided between U.S. and Great Britain?
Oregon
What is the belief that is was the right of the country to expand out west?
Manifest Destiny
What Native American tribe was forced to migrate from Georgia to Oklahoma?
Cherokee
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
William Lloyd Garrison