Things we built
This connected the Hudson River and Lake Erie and led to New York becoming the largest city in the nation.
The Erie Canal
Daniel Boone encouraged expansion by doing what?
Cleared a pass through the Appalachian Mountains called the Cumberland Gap
This entire age - westward expansion - was an event where people moved west even though it was very difficult. Why did they do it? (3 reasons)
-adventure
-a new start
-farmland
Traveling long distances at this time because...
There were no maps
Define the reason Mexico tried to close its borders in the Texas territory and prevent more Americans from settling there
Americans broke the promises they made to move there - being a loyal Mexican citizen and following the laws
Steamboats! They were important because...
They could carry cargo both down and up stream
This event caused a mass migration to California of people, like the 49ners, in search of wealth.
The Gold Rush
These two men were sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase, and successfully did so with the help of Sacagawea.
Louis and Clark
They kept taking Native American land by force
Define the purpose of the Mountain Men
To aid pioneers in their journey to Oregon country
Steamboat, Canals, Railroads, oh my! Which new form of transportation was considered the best and why?
Railroads - you could travel where ever you laid track, they traveled the quickest and could carry the most.
Tecumseh tried to do what? It led to the battle at Tippecanoe.
Unite the tribes against the settlers to stop Westward expansion
This event was so memorable it became the Texan rallying cry. The Texans present fought to the death and Mexico won this battle
The Alamo
Passing the Indian Removal Act because it led to...
The Trail of Tears - the journey of 1,000s of natives to Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma under such horrible conditions, many did not survive the journey
Define the reason(s) we wanted Oregon Country (3 reasons)
-good farmland (fertile land)
-fur trade
-climate or manifest destiny
The City of Saints in Utah. It was settled by which people group escaping religious persecution?
The Mormons led by Brigham Young (after their leader, Joseph Smith, was killed)
The US gained Oregon Country not through war or finances, but...
Through compromise with Great Britain
Many journeys started in the same place, whether traveling on the Oregon Trail or exploring the Louisiana Purchase. What city and state did pioneers generally leave from?
St. Louis - Missouri
President Polk started this war to gain New Mexico and California...even though California was already independent, he just didn't know it.
The Mexican-American war
Name 4 territories the country split into during this time
-Original 13 colonies/states
-Northwest territory
-Louisiana Purchase
-Oregon Country
-Texas annexation/Lone Star Republic
-Mexican Cession/CA and NM
-Gadsden Purchase
-Florida/Spanish cession
The safest way to travel on the Oregon trail at the time
Wagon trains
Texas had to wait to join the union because of what bad decision?
Allowing slavery
Define manifest destiny
The idea that Americans had the God-given right to all of the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. They would be expanding the "area of freedom" by spreading Protestantism and American culture though the land. This was both obvious and certain to happen.