Go West, Young Man
The belief that it was the United States' destiny to expand across the continent all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson bought this massive territory from the French, doubling the size of the U.S.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This massive migration event occurred when people rushed to the West Coast in 1849 to find gold.
What is the California Gold Rush?
The Mexican-American War was primarily fought over the territory of this state, which used to be part of Mexico.
What is Texas?
This 1830 law allowed the President to forcibly remove Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
To accommodate a growing population, pioneers began moving west of these mountains into the "Western Frontier."
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This young Native American woman joined the Lewis and Clark expedition to help them communicate with other tribes.
Who was Sacagawea?
This 2,000-mile trail from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest was often traveled by pioneers in wagons.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This 1848 treaty ended the war and established the Rio Grande as the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This was the name of the forced relocation of the Cherokee to Oklahoma, during which 4,000 people died.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This 1862 Act allowed U.S. citizens to claim 160 acres of land if they lived on it for 5 years and improved it.
What is the Homestead Act?
Many people originally opposed the Louisiana Purchase because they feared it would start a war with this country.
What is Spain?
This famous frontiersman created the "Wilderness Road" through the Cumberland Gap.
Who was Daniel Boone?
This 1850 agreement allowed California to join as a free state but also passed the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This 1887 Act authorized the President to break up reservation land into small, individual plots.
What is the Dawes Act?
This is the specific geographic area defined in your notes as the land west of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
What is the Western Frontier?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led a group of U.S. Soldiers on an expedition that lasted between these years.
What are 1804 to 1806?
These two specific immigrant groups faced harsh conditions while working as laborers to build the railroads.
Who are the Chinese and Irish?
The U.S. and Great Britain signed a treaty to settle a boundary dispute in this "Pacific Northwest" territory.
What is Oregon?
This 1890 massacre occurred after Lakota people performed the "Ghost Dance" to try and bring back the bison.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
These were the two primary activities (besides farming) that people were looking to do when they moved to the new territory.
What are hunting and ranching?
The Louisiana Territory stretched from the Mississippi River in the East to this mountain range in the West.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
The government gave these to railroad companies to encourage them to expand their tracks westward.
What are land grants?
Under the Compromise of 1850, these two specific territories were left to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.
What are New Mexico and Utah?
This Nez Perce leader won many battles against U.S. troops before finally surrendering just before reaching the Canadian border.
Who was Chief Joseph?