Louisiana
Why did the United States want the Louisiana Territory?
Trade, land, Control the Mississippi and New Orleans
What is manifest destiny?
The belief that the United States was meant to settle all the land between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (“From sea to shining sea”).
Explain one reason why the buffalo were important to the Plains Indians.
Buffalo were their source of food, clothing, shelter, weapons, and tools.
Name a reason that people moved west?
Land, gold.
Who is the Vice President of the United States?
JD Vance
What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the size of the United States?
The U.S. doubled in size.
Name one way the U.S. acquired new land.
Indian Removal. War. Purchase.
What happened to the number of buffalo as more Americans moved West?
The number of buffalo decreased.
Thousands of Native Americans died of disease, cold, and hunger.
When did Minnesota gain statehood?
1858
What was the main mission of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
To find the Northwest Passage
What was the advantage of building the Erie Canal?
Connected the great lakes to the coast. Trade.
What act was passed in 1830 that removed Native Americans from their land?
Indian Removal Act
Why did white people support Indian Removal?
They wanted their land.
What are the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution called?
Bill of Rights
Name one thing Lewis and Clark discovered on the voyage of discovery.
Grizzley Bears, plants, etc...
Name two new technologies in the movement west.
Prairie Schooners, Steam Engines, Trains, Canals.
What is the name given to the pieces of land that Native Americans were forced to live on once they were removed from their own land?
Reservations
What "compromise" was passed that temporarily solved the problem of the balance of free states to slave states?
Missouri Compromise.
Wisconsin, Iowa, North & South Dakota
Name the famous Native American Guide Lewis and Clark had with them?
Sacajawea
Covered wagons used to move west were nicknamed what?
Prairie Schooners
Explain one way the culture of Native Americans changed as Americans moved west.
Assimilation, farming, Christianity, etc...
What were European countries warned against in the Monroe Doctrine?
Creating colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
What country and what great lake border MN?
Canada & Lake Superior