Out West We go
Reason American settlers decided to move West
In search of wealth and opportunity
Placed the order that forcefully removed Native Americans from their land.
Andrew Jackson
Group of people that settled in Utah for religious freedom
Mormons
Manifest Destiny
The belief that it is the settlers right to expand.
Group of people who explored the Louisiana Territory
Lewis & Clark and Sacagawea
Territory the U.S. purchased that helped us expand
Louisiana Territory
Tribe that created its own constitution to fight against expansion
Cherokee Nation
Famous Mountain Man that discovered and settled in Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Civil Disobedience
belief it is our right to fight against unjust laws that the government makes
Group of people who led settlers through the mountains to head West.
Mountain Men
State started the Gold Rush
California
Treaty between Mexico and the U.S.
Treaty of Guadalupe
Mexican general that was unsuccessful fighting against the US in the Mexican-American war
Santa Anna
Law that required the slaves to be returned to their owner.
Fugitive Slave Law
Explorer who famously lived on a mountain for 3 days
Zebulon Pike (Pike's Peak)
Territories we acquired from Mexico
New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, California, Arizona Texas (annexed)
Compromise that gave the U.S. California as a free state
Compromise of 1850
Created the idea of Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau ( Our boy Henry)
Canal that made trade and expansion easier
Erie Canal
Mormon leader who settled in Utah
Brigham Young
Two famous trails West
Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail
The war created between Mexico and the U.S.
Mexican American War
"Father of Texas"
Stephen Austin
A naturally occurring boundary line separating territories
Continental Divide
Explorer who founded Texas
Stephen Austin