Early Expansion
In 1775 this man and 30 men began to fix up the trails between the Carolinas and the Northwest Territories for people to travel through.
Who is Daniel Boone?
The war of 1812 was between these two countries.
Who is France (and eventually the United States) and Great Britain?
Eli Whitney changed the way that goods were made with this important idea.
What is interchangeable parts?
Which states were considered a slave state?
This is the belief that they United States had the right to claim land from the East Coast all the way to the West Coast.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Who was the president who bought the Louisiana Purchase?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The War Hawks wanted to do what?
What is go to war with Great Britain? (Great Britain was giving Native Americans weapons to fight the American settlers moving west.)
What are new inventions for farming during the industrial revolution?
What is the reaper, the mechanical plow, and the John Deere Plow?
During Andrew Jackson's presidency this state threatened to leave the union?
What is South Carolina?
Which people group settled in Salt Lake City, Utah because they were forced out of New York.
What are Mormons?
The Louisiana Purchase was purchased from this country.
What is France?
What iconic song was written by Francis Scott Key during this war?
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
Connected people from the east to the west quicker and easier.
What is the Act that kicked Indians off of their land and forced them onto reservations?
What is the Indian Removal Act?
What were the jobs of the men, women, and children while traveling on the Overland Trails?
Women- cooked, set up camp, cared for the children, and educated them. Children-gathered bison chips.
This expedition was hired by Thomas Jefferson to explore the land, animals, and map out the course of the Missouri River.
Who is the Corps of Discovery? OR Who is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
What did the Monroe Doctrine implement?
What is not allowing European powers to start new colonies in the Americas?
This invention was using in boats and the iron horse. It made it capable to travel upstream quickly.
What is the steam engine?
What is the forced removal of the Cherokee people in Georgia, 4,000 natives died, and the destruction of the Cherokee people.
What happened during the war of Texas?
Americans lived in the Texas (which was Mexico at that time) and fought for their independence. Then Texas joined the Union and the United States went to war with Mexico.
This Native American was hired by the Corp of Discovery to navigate the land and interact with other tribes.
Who is Sacagawea?
What did Spain sell the United States from the Adams-Onis Treaty?
What is Florida?
What is a mail system? Riders road 2,200 miles to carry mail from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA.
What did the Seminole People do in Florida?
What is fight back? They fought for 50 years and cost the United States $40 million.
Why did settlers rush to California during 1849?
What is the Gold Rush?