Westward Expansion 1
Westward Trails
Westward Expansion Vocabulary
Westward Expansion Lands
Hodgepodge
100
The 19th-century movement of settlers into the American West, began with the Louisiana Purchase and was fueled by the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail, and a belief in "manifest destiny.
What is Westward Expansion?
100
Trail created overland from Independence , Missouri to the Pacific Coast of Oregon?
What is the Oregon Trail?
100
Nickname for people from around the world seeking to find gold in the California gold names.
What are Forty-niners?
100
1803 acquisition of 828,000 square miles of land from France by the United States for $15 million.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
Who were hired to explore the Louisiana Purchase?
Who are Louis and Clark?
200
California Gold Rush, Homestead Act and the Transcontinental Railroad
What are factors that led to Westward Expansion?
200
It was a 2,000-mile trail that ran from Missouri to California, and was used most heavily in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860
What is the California Trail ?
200
Railroad that stretches across a continent
What is the Transcontinental Railroad ?
200
Transfer was part of the Adams-Onís Treaty, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty.
What is the Florida Cession?
200
People traveled to California because of....
What is the Gold Rush?
300
To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.
What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?
300
From 1847 to 1868, 70,000 these pioneers made the trek on foot, in wagon trains, or handcart companies to “Zion” (Salt Lake Valley) hoping to find a home where they could practice their religious beliefs without persecution.
What are the Mormon Trail?
300
People have the power or authority to vote
What is Popular Sovereignty?
300
A Treaty written in 1846, which resolved a joint occupation agreement with Great Britain, effectively dividing the territory along the 49th parallel
What is The Oregon Country?
"Oregon Treaty" of 1846
300
A treaty between the United States and Mexico that established the current border between the two countries. It also provided land for the southern route of the transcontinental railroad
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
400
13th Amendment
What is the Amendment that ended slavery?
400
2,700-mile trail Santa Fe emerged as the hub of the overland continental trade network linking Mexico and United States markets
Who is Old Spanish Trail?
400
Law gave the President the power to force Native American tribes to move to land west of the Mississippi River
What is the Indian Removal Act?
400
primarily due to the desire of many to join the Union for political and economic stability, but the process was complicated by the issue of slavery, as ____ was a slave state, leading to significant political debate within the U.S. before its eventual annexation under President John Tyler; this annexation ultimately contributed to the Mexican-American War as Mexico did not recognize _____ independence and considered its annexation an act of aggression.
What is the Texas Annexation?
400
it established a process for adding territories and states to the United States
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
500
Ended the American Revolution and establishing the United States as an independent nation, and gave the United States the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
a commercial highway and travel route in the 19th century that connected Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The military used the trail to haul freight to supply the southwestern forts. The Trail was also used by stagecoach lines, those seeking gold in California and Colorado, fur trappers, and emigrants.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
500
The idea that the United States should expand west to the Pacific Ocean to better the country
What is Manifest Destiny?
500
Ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, forcing Mexico to cede a large portion of its territory to the U.S. following the conflict, primarily including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and parts of Arizona and Colorado, in exchange for a payment of $15 million and the assumption of debts owed to American citizens by Mexico
What is the Mexican Cession?
500
What is both wereoriginally a part of Mexico ?