Westward Expansion
Florida and Texas
Miscellaneous
Age of Reform
Trails West
100
The belief that the United States was destined to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
100
Spanish mission where many famous defenders like Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett died for Texas Independence fighting against Santa Anna
The Alamo
100
Four common hazards of traveling West
Snow, Mountains, Heat, Starvation, Desert/Lack of Water, Disease, Overgrazing, Rivers, Rocky Mountains, Dust
100
Woman who demanded equal pay and equal education for women
Susan B. Anthony
100
The discovery of this in California prompted many people to move West.
Gold
200
What belief or idea does this picture show?
Manifest Destiny
200
Reason why many planters and farmers moved to FLorida
They had worn out their soil back home, and Florida had fertile soil for farming
200
Political group who worked against immigration
Nativists
200
A popular religious revival in the 1800s
The Second Great Awakening
200
Men who moved to California looking to get rich quick in 1849 were called
49ers
300
People traveling West often hired ________________ to guide them on the trail.
Mountain Men
300
Treaty where Spain ceded control of Florida to the United States
Adams-Onis Treaty
300
President credited with the idea of Manifest Destiny
James K. Polk
300
Women's rights convention
Seneca Falls Convention
300
Most people moving to Oregon were looking for this.
A new start
400
This group brought measles to the Cayuse, and were killed as a result.
The Whitman family
400
Reason both Florida and Texas had to wait to become states
They would tip the balance of slave and free states
400
1. The river that Mexico said was the border of Texas, and 2. the river the U.S. said was the border of Texas.
1. Nueces River
2. Rio Grande
400
Many people who escaped slavery started to influence people's opinions about the brutality of slavery by _________________________________.
Writing realistic stories based on their experiences
400
This religious group went to Utah seeking freedom from religious persecution
Mormons
500
This advancement in transportation connected the East to the West. A feature of this transportation route are locks.
Canals
500
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War, and completed Manifest Destiny
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
500
The reason why the United States wanted the Gadsden Purchase
To build a southern Transcontinental Railroad around the Rocky Mountains
500
This social movement that wanted people to drink little to no alcohol
Temperence
500
These are towns that "exploded" in size (popped up and grew quickly) in California.
Boomtowns