Vocabulary Part 1
A location where ships travel into to import/export goods.
Port
Closing off an area to ships
Blockade
What is Manifest Destiny?
The God given or divine right to claim land extending westward to the Pacific Ocean.
What was the Oregon Trail?
Trail Pioneers took to make their journey westward
What did Americans have to do in order to purchase land in Texas?
- obey Mexican law
- convert to Catholicism
- learn to speak Spanish
Someone who is the first to explore an area
Pioneer
Refusal to trade with another country
Embargo
Who did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory from in 1803?
France
Where were Native Americans sent because of the Indian Removal Act?
Reservations in Oklahoma
Why did Texans revolt against Mexico?
Disputes over Slavery
To change belief or form
Convert
Rapidly growing town due to prosperity
Boomtown
Who fought in the War of 1812?
The United States and Great Britain
Why did the United States enter into the War of 1812?
Territory in Canada
What treaty ended the Texas Revolution?
The Treaty of Velasco
Annex
Forcing sailors to work on another ship
Impressment
Where did 49ers migrate to in search of gold during the Gold Rush?
California
What is the Homestead Act?
The United States allowed settlers to claim up to 160 acres for free in order to build up the west and American economy.
What River did the United States believe was the border between Texas and Mexico?
The Rio Grande River
Anglo-American residents of Texas
Texians
Hispanic residents of the state of Texas
Tejanos
Name at least three reasons why pioneers chose to leave the already settled states of America to travel west?
- family and friends
- opportunity for gold
- escaping trouble or debts
- crowded eastern states
- Homestead Act (government gave 160 acres to those who settled out west)
- not limited to these responses
Name at least one impact the Erie Canal had on the United States.
- faster and more efficient transport of goods
- opened up trade to Western United States
- brought larger revenues than ever seen before
- more cost effective shipping
The United States gained California, Nevada, Utah Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas - thus extended the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific - from what war?
The Mexican-American War