Westward Expansion 1
What started the Mexican-American War?
a border dispute
What was used to communicate and send messages easier?
telegraph
What was a prospector?
a person who went to find minerals such as gold
What ocean did the ships have to cross to deliver goods from France to the US?
The Atlantic Ocean
Who was the interpreter on the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sacagawea
What did Lewis and Clark go on an expedition for?
to map out the land that was purchased and find a water route to the Pacific
What did the Erie Canal do?
connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
Why did the US want more land?
for resources
Who owned the Louisiana Purchase before it was purchased by the US?
France
People traveled to California because of....
the Gold Rush
List 2 dangers the pioneers faced on their journey.
wild animals
polluted water
Native Americans
Why di the U.S. make the Gadsden Purchase?
for a railway
Why did people want to go to California?
the gold
What route did people travel to move west?
The Oregon Trail
What did the Westward Expansion cause, in relation to the land in the US?
the land in the US to double
what was a pioneer?
person moving west
Who (president) purchased the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
What law gave the President the power to force Native American tribes to move to land west of the Mississippi River?
Indian Removal Act
What admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine to the Union as a free state?
Missouri Compromise
What is Mrs. Sape's favorite color?
yellow
What was it called when the US government forced Native Americans to move from their homelands to Indian territory, resulting in many deaths from hunger and disease
Trail of Tears
Which Americans were against the Mexican-American War?
Northerners
What is the idea that the United States had a God-given right to take over every part of North America. Spread the land ocean-to-ocean?
Manifest Destiny
What is one reason Texas declared independence from Mexico?
Texans were angered about the end of slavery in Mexico.
Who did the U.S. have joint ownership with over Oregon Country?
Britain