Westward Expansion
The belief that the U.S. was meant to expand west
What is Manifest Destiny?
The land deal that doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The expedition sent west by President Jefferson
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
The agreement that kept balance between free and slave states
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Government-funded building projects like roads and canals
What are internal improvements?
The two oceans the U.S. believed it would stretch between
What are the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
The country that sold this land to the U.S. in 1803
Who is France?
The two men who led the expedition
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
The state admitted as free under this compromise
What is Maine?
The first federally funded road
What is the National Road?
The term used to justify settlement of western lands
What is Manifest Destiny?
The treaty that gave Florida to the United States
What is the Adams-Onís Treaty?
The main goal of the expedition
What is mapping the Louisiana Territory / finding routes west?
The state admitted as slave under this compromise
What is Missouri?
The canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic
What is the Erie Canal?
One major consequence of westward expansion
What is conflict over land and slavery?
(accept: Native displacement)
Land gained by the U.S. after a war with Mexico
What is the Mexican Cession?
The Native American woman who helped explorers survive
Who is Sacagawea?
The latitude line used to divide future territories
What is 36°30′?
One way railroads improved trade
What is faster and cheaper movement of goods?
The group most negatively affected by U.S. expansion
Who are Native Americans?
Why New Orleans was so important to the U.S
What is control of trade on the Mississippi River?
One key skill Sacagawea provided
What is translation and guidance?
The idea allowing settlers to vote on slavery
What is popular sovereignty?
The law that gave railroads land and money
What is the Pacific Railway Act?