New land
The land purchased from France by Thomas Jefferson
The Louisiana Purchase
The major trail many pioneers traveled
The Oregon Trail
Settlers wanted Native American land in the south to
Grow cotton and tobacco
Invention that made it quicker and easier for people and goods to be transported across the United States
Trains
The number of enslaved people in the United States [increased or decreased] during the 1800s
Increased
The 2 men who went to explore the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
What is one hardship pioneers might have faced on the journey
Sickness, injury, extreme weather, lack of food, lack of clean water
Name 1 of the five major tribes of the south east
Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole
Invention that helped people go up and down rivers
Steamboat
True or False: Enslaved children were allowed to go to school during the day to learn to read and write
False
Mexico
The people who rushed to California for gold were called
the forty-niners
The Indian Removal act required Native Americans to
Give up their land and move west
Invention that made it easy to communicate over long distances
Telegraph
Secret path that many slaves used to escape to freedom
Underground Railroad
The famous battle at a fort in Texas
The Alamo
This act gave settlers up to 160 acres of land
The homestead act
The name given to the path many Native Americans had to walk on as they were forced away from their homes.
Trail of Tears
Invention that made it quicker and easier to clean cotton
Cotton Gin
Important conductor for the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
The battle cry of Texans' as they defended their state
Remember the Alamo!
The belief that Americans should spread west
Manifest Destiny
Name 1 of the tribes from the Charleston area
Etiwan, Kiawah, Edisto, Sewee, and Stono
Invention that made it easier to cut tall wheat and grass
Mechanical Reaper
Name of the policy that declared slavery would be legal south of the boarder, and illegal north of the boarder
Missouri Compromise