Lewis and Clark
The Native American who greatly assisted Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
Sacagawea
The law passed by Congress that forcefully relocated thousands of natives from their homes.
The Indian Removal Act.
This building was once a church but was used as a fort by the Texans when they fought Mexico for independence.
The Alamo
Fortune seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush of 1849
Forty-niners
What popular belief in the United States during the 1800s argued that it was the fate of the United States to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Desinty
The president who hired Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson.
The dollar bill that Andrew Jackson currently appears on.
The $20 bill.
This president of the United States asked Congress to declare war on Mexico.
James K. Polk
A name for a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.
Pioneer
To add a territory to one's own country.
Annex
The first names of Lewis and Clark
Merriwether; William
The practice of giving jobs to one's friends and supporters.
The Spoils System
The river that sets the boundary of Texas and Mexico
Rio Grande (or Rio del Norte)
The person who first discovered gold in Sutter's Mill in California
James Marshall
The practice of giving government jobs to political supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate’s supporters
Spoils System
The name of the group that traveled with Lewis and Clark
The Corps of Discovery
This Native American tribe suffered the most along the Trail of Tears
The Cherokee
The area of land gained by the U.S. following the Mexican American War
Mexican Cession
The amount of time it took settlers in the 1800s to travel the Oregon Trail.
5-6 months.
A period in history when changes in manufacturing and transportation began with fewer things being made by hand and instead were made using machines in large factories.
The Industrial Revolution
The tribe that Sacagawea belonged to.
The Shoshone
What number president is Andrew Jackson?
The name of the peace treaty that formally ended the war between the U.S. and Mexico
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The city in which the Oregon Trail began.
Independence, Missouri
A machine invented by Eli Whitney that removed seeds from cotton.
Cotton Gin