Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to his person asking him to explore the new land.
Who is Meriwether Lewis?
The people on the Oregon Trail traveled by what
What is a wagon?
The Louisiana Purchase did what to the size of the United States.
What is double the size?
The name given to the removal of Cherokees from their homelands to what is now Oklahoma.
What is Trail of Tears?
Lewis and Clark traveled mainly on what river?
What is Missouri River?
Name the reason people were traveling the trail
What is better soil, and more land?
The belief that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent became known as...
What is Manifest Destiny
The 1820 ruling that admitted Missouri as a slave state.
What is Missouri Compromise?
Explain the reason for taking the journey.
What is finding a water route to the Pacific Ocean and finding out about animals, plants, land, and Indians?
Name three hardships the people faced while traveling
What is disease, weather, rivers, mountains, accidents, and Indians?
Florida was acquired by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams through...
Diplomacy
What part of North America was claimed by Russia in 1846?
Alaska
The war with Mexico began with...
a border dispute in Texas
How did President James Polk deal with the dispute between the U.S. and Great Britain over Oregon Country?
He compromised with Britain by accepting half of Oregon.
When Great Britain and America went to war over land it was called ___________.
What is War of 1812?
The annexation of Texas was opposed by many Americans because
Texas allowed slavery
The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 was made mainly to
Provide a good railroad route to California
The ability to produce many goods of one kind quickly and efficiently is called _____________.
What is mass production?
Who claimed the land south of the Oregon Country?
Mexico