WAR OF 1812
This war was fought between the United States and this country.
War of 1812
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States with this purchase.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This forced march moved the Cherokee and other tribes to present-day Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This river was a major transportation route for trade and travel west.
What is the Mississippi River?
This economic term means giving up one thing to get something else.
What is opportunity cost?
During the War of 1812, British troops burned this important government building.
What is the U.S. Capitol
This famous expedition explored land west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
This 1876 battle was a major victory for American Indians against U.S. soldiers.
What is the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
These large grasslands are located in the center of the United States.
What are the Great Plains?
Higher crop prices encouraged farmers to grow more of this Southern crop.
What is cotton?
The British also burned this home of the President.
What is the White House?
This battle became a symbol of Texas independence.
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
American Indians were forced to live on these lands set aside by the government.
What are reservations?
This imaginary line separates rivers that flow east from rivers that flow west.
What is the Continental Divide?
When people focus on making one product well, it is called this.
What is cotton?
Francis Scott Key wrote this song after seeing the American flag still standing.
What is "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
Thousands traveled west using this trail to reach Oregon.
What is the Oregon Trail?
Westward expansion greatly impacted American Indians by taking their land and disrupting this way of life.
What is their culture and traditions?
This man-made waterway connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Erie Canal?
This invention by Eli Whitney made cotton production faster.
What is the cotton gin?
One major cause of the War of 1812 was Britain interfering with American ships and this practice of taking American sailors.
What is impressment?
In 1848, the discovery of gold here caused thousands to move west.
What is the California Gold Rush?
This U.S. law led to the removal of many tribes from their homelands.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This city is the capital of the United States.
What is Washington, D.C.?
These inventions improved communication and transportation during westward expansion. (Name two.)
What are the steamboat, steam locomotive, or telegraph?