Vocabulary
A belief that the U.S. should rule all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Manifest Destiny
West
The goal of Lewis and Clark was to...
find the source of the Missouri River, pass the Rocky Mountains, and reach the Pacific Ocean
A war started by General Andrew Jackson because he wanted their land.
The Creek War
A region in the southwest that had Texas, Nevada, New Mexico, and California
New Spain
A land deal between the United States and France where the United States 828,000 square miles
The Louisiana Purchase
John Sutter found a small nugget of gold in a ditch. This started the...
Gold Rush
The Shoshone Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark.
Sacagawea
Free African Americans and Creek Indians captured this place and used it as a haven for escaped slaves.
Fort Blount
The place where an important battle between Mexico and Texas was fought that led to Texas being an independent republic
The Alamo
Explorers whose goal was to find the source of the Missouri River and reach the Pacific Ocean.
Lewis and Clark
The name of people who came to California in search for gold.
Forty-Niners
Something Lewis and Clark did a lot during their journey
Write in journals
This called for the removal of tribes who were east of the Mississippi River.
Indian Removal Act
Why did President Jackson say no to Texas being annexed to the United States?
He did not want to fight Mexico and Mexico was against slavery
A war against the U.S. and Great Britain where the Native Americans sided with the British. No one won.
This guaranteed Americans' right to ship their goods down the Mississippi River and through New Orleans.
The Pinckney Treaty of 1795
What was the name of the chief who wanted to make the Ohio River the permanent boundary between the United States and Indian land?
Tecumseh
Some problems with treaties were...
The chief didn't know what he was agreeing to, and the Americans never paid the Native Americans
This was signed in 1848 and ended the Mexican-American War
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Indian Removal Act was passed and thousands of Native Americans were forcibly removed
Trail of Tears
The president who sent James Monroe to France to buy New Orleans and part of Florida.
Thomas Jefferson
The name of the poem written during the Battle of Baltimore
The Star-Spangled Banner
The name of the big pieces of land where the Indians had to move.
Reservations
The place were President Polk sent his troops
The capital of Mexico, Mexico City.