Expansion
This Act of 1862 gave 160 acres to anyone willing to settle in the West.
Homestead Act
Nickname given to the wave of Gold Miners in California.
49ers
The system in which Natives are moved to a small section of land.
Reservation System
This invention revolutionized property boundaries in the west.
Barbed Wire
Gold was discovered at this location in California, sparking the Gold Rush.
Sutter's Mill, Coloma, or American River
These two adventurers went on a mission to map and and explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.
Lewis and Clark
Houses on the prairie were generally made of what material?
Sod
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to the force march of Natives from their homeland
Trail of Tears
Environmental disaster in the 1930's that happened due to poor farming practices.
Dust Bowl
This state was admitted to the Union in 1850.
California
Name of the concept that justified American Expansion.
Manifest Destiny
Name 3 challengers that travelers faced on the trails going West.
Lack of food, weather, hostile Natives, illness/disease, injuries...
Native American leader associated with the Nez Perce War.
Chief Joseph
Name two ways the US expanded during the 1800's.
Louisiana Purchase
Texas Annexation
Mexican-American War
Land Acquisition from Natives
The completion of this linked the United States on land, from East to West.
Transcontinental Railroad
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was acquired from ____________, and doubled the size of the US.
France
Between which 20 year period was the Oregon Trail used the most?
Example 2000-2020
1840-1860
Famous Native American Boarding School in Pennsylvania.
Carlisle School
The Battle of Little Bighorn is where this Lieutenant Colonel made his last stand.
Custer
The completion of this linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
Erie Canal
Name of the Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Who came up with the term 'Manifest Destiny'?
John O'Sullivan
This act in 1887 began the massive loss of Native American land.
The Dawes Act
Which conflict was a direct result of the annexation of Texas?
Mexican-American War
The first federal highway, built in 1811.
Cumberland Road