Louisiana Purchase/Lewis and Clark Expedition
Napolean Bonaparte sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States for how much money?
What was the name of the battle between the Mexicans and the Texans & Tejanos?
The Battle of the Alamo
What was the law that required all the Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River?
Indian Removal Act
Why did many people rush to California in 1849?
Gold
How long did it take a person to travel by wagon train?
5 months
Sacagawea
Francis Scott Key wrote a poem called what after he saw the American flag flying over Fort McHenry?
Star-Spangled Banner
Pioneers on the Oregon Trail traveled by?
Wagon Train
In 1850, California had enough people to become a?
state
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Who sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their expedition to explore the west?
President Thomas Jefferson
Who led the army in the fight against Mexico?
Sam Houston
About how many Native Americans died due to poor conditions on the Trail of Tears?
1/4 of the Native Americans
What was the name of a town that had a population grow rapidly?
Boomtown
Erie Canal
The Louisiana Purchase did what to the size of the United States?
doubled
What was the name of the treaty that ended the war between Great Britain and the United States?
Treaty of Ghent
What were 3 difficulties pioneers faced while traveling on the Oregon Trail?
Weather, accidents, and diseases
Where did the two railroads finally meet?
Promontory Summit, Utah
What was the total length of the Transcontinental Railroad?
1,776 miles
Gather information on landforms, plants, animals; study the culture of western Native Americans, and explore the Columbia and Missouri Rivers finding a waterway to the Pacific Ocean
Monroe Doctrine
What were the people who traveled the Oregon Trail in search of?
Good, Inexpensive Farm Land
Who drew the golden spike into the ground?
Leland Stanford
About what percentage of land did Mexico give up after the Mexican-American War?
55%