Louisiana Purchase/Lewis and Clark
The name of the President who purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The law introduced by Andrew Jackson forced Native Americans off their land in the Southeast.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
How much the U.S. grew after the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the U.S. doubled in size?
Define annex.
What is to add on?
Fill in the blank: "Remember the ________!" Though the U.S. was outnumbered at this battle, it inspired more people to join the fight.
What is the Alamo?
How much the Louisiana Territory was sold for.
What is $15 million dollars?
A quarter of the Cherokee population died during this 800-mile trek to the Indian Territory.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Invaded Spanish Florida without government permission.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This treaty formally ended the Mexican-American War.
Accomplishments of the Lewis and Clark expedition (name 2).
What is discovering new plants, discovering new animals, maps of new land?
Define reservation.
What is a plot of land reserved for Native Americans, also known as "Indian Territory"?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War, is also known as?
What is the Mexican Cession?
Define cede.
What is to give up (land or power)?
This Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokees were a sovereign nation.
What is Worcester vs. Georgia?
The finding of this water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean was the main goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
What is the Northwest Passage?
An 1832 Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokees were a sovereign nation - define sovereign.
What is an independent nation?
The country that the U.S. shared the Oregon Territory with.
What is Great Britain?
What is a territory?
What is a piece of land under the control of a state or ruler?
This strip of land purchased by the U.S. set the final borders of the nation.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
The year the Louisiana Purchase was negotiated.
What is 1803?
Name 2 of the 5 Civilized Tribes.
What is Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole?
The U.S. thought the Texas border to be along the ______ River; the Mexican government believed it to be along the ______ River.
What is the Rio Grande (U.S.) and the Nueces (Mexico)?
The meaning of James K. Polk's campaign slogan "54 40 or Fight!"
What is setting the northern border of the U.S. at 54° 40'?
This newspaper editor coined the idea of Manifest Destiny.
Who is John O'Sullivan?