Louisiana Purchase & War of 1812
What two men went to explore the Louisiana Purchase?
Meriwether Lewis & William Clark
Who rebelled against Mexico in hopes of gaining their independence?
Tejanos & Texans
How long was the Oregon Trail?
About 2,000 miles
Name a famous conductor on the underground railroad.
Harriet Tubman
How did the cotton gin affect cotton production on plantations in the South?
It made it easier to remove cotton seeds from raw cotton
What does impressment mean?
When British officers captured American sailors and forced them into the British Navy
What was the Indian Removal Act?
A law that ordered all the Indian nations east of the Mississippi river to move west of that river.
What is a forty-niner?
A forty-niner was a miner who went to California in 1849.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed what organization?
The National Woman Suffrage Association
Which of the following is also called "Custer's Last Stand" because General George Custer was killed while attacking Sioux and Cheyenne American Indians?
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
What was the name of the of the company traveling the Louisiana Purchase AND who was their guide/interpreter?
The Corps of Discovery
Sacagawea
In September of 1836, what did the Republic of Texas vote to do?
Elect Sam Houston as President
Make slavery legal
Join the United States
Name three things travelers on the Oregon Trail often faced?
Injuries
Diseases
Bad Weather
Sojourner Truth's famous speech given at Ohio's Women's Rights Convention...
"Ain't I A Woman."
Which invention allowed people to communicate farther and faster in the 1800s?
Telegraph
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
What is Manifest Destiny?
The nation's destiny to expand west (ocean to ocean)
What happened in California in 1850?
California had enough people to become a state (annexed).
What does women's suffrage mean?
William needs a horse to plow his fields, so he buys one from Elizabeth for five dollars. This is an example of
voluntary exchange
What were the United States' goals for the war of 1812?
Stop Impressment
Keep the British from helping American Indians
Drive the British out of Canada
What was the large area of land that Mexico was forded to give up called AND why was this important?
Mexican Cession
Texas, California, and nearly all of the American Southwest became part of the United States after the Mexican War.
Describe the boomtowns in California during the gold rush
a town whose population grew quickly, there were merchants and traders selling food, supplies, and clothing. There were also banks, inns, and newspapers published in boomtowns. (Like a real town)
What was the underground railroad?
A series of safe houses/secret paths on the way North, escaped slaves would travel at night to Free States and away from the slavery of the south.
During the nineteenth century, which technological advancement would have MOST LIKELY resulted in a large increase in the demand for steel in the United States?
railroads