Looking West
Western Expansion began the expansion between these two shining seas.
What are the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
This expedition was led by these two men (and a Native American woman) prompted a considerable amount of scientific discovery.
Who are Lewis and Clarke
Before the Texas Revolution, the state was part of the Republic of this country.
What is Mexico?
The United States believed that the Texas border ended at this river; As opposed to Mexico, which believed that the state ended at the Nueces River.
What is the Rio Grande river?
This Native American woman (with a baby on her back) traveled alongside Lewis and Clark, acting as a guide.
Who is Sacagawea?
The belief that the United States was destined by god to expand west
This 1849 event in California led to a large migration westward and inspired the current name of San Francisco's football team
What is the California Gold Rush?
For almost 10 years (1836-1845), Texas was an independent country under this name.
What is the Republic of Texas?
This future 12th president became a well-known hero during the Mexican American War.
Who is Zachary Taylor
This Native American chief fought with the British during the War of 1812 because he opposed Western Expansion into Native Lands.
Who is Tecumseh?
The belief that Western Expansion was a negative period of history where Americans seized land and resources from Natives and other groups of people.
What is conquest?
This specific path to Western America began in Independence, Missouri, and is nicknamed America's longest grave.
This old church in San Antonio, TX became an important fort and eventually a battle site during the Texas Revolution.
What is the Alamo?
By the end of the Mexican American War, Mexico had lost over ________ of it's territory to the U.S.
What is half?
This act, put in place in 1830, mandated Native Americans to leave their ancestral lands to make way for white American settlers who wanted to move west.
This 7th president was a supporter of westward expansion. He also signed the Indian Removal Act (1830) into law.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This American pioneer discovered the Cumberland Gap in Kentucky and became one of the first settlers west of the 13 colonies.
Who is Daniel Boone?
The formal act of acquiring territory by a state, often through seizure or occupation, such as when one country adds the land of another. (Texas for example)
What is annex?
This $10 million deal with Mexico in 1854, added land to the U.S. that would eventually become Arizona and New Mexico.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This trail that spanned over 1,000 miles was used to forcefully march Native Americans to a newly designated "Indian Territory" located in modern day Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears
This painting by John Ghast is commonly associated with Manifest Destiny (we observed it at the beginning of the unit)
What is American Progress?
This new mode of transportation took 6 years to construct, spanned over 1,700 miles, and was built mainly by African Americans and immigrants
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
General Santa Anna referred to himself as this name, comparing himself to a European military genius.
Who is the Napoleon of the West?
The Mexican American war ended with the signing of this treaty.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
After the verdict of this 1832 court case, President Andrew Jackson replied by saying,"John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it".
What is Worcester v Georgia