The war that lasted three years and was fought against the Americans and the British
What is the War of 1812
100
People who arrived in California in 1849 in search of gold.
Who are the Forty-Niners
100
A plan that tried to stop European nations from starting new colonies in the Western hemisphere (North America) in 1823
What is the Monroe Doctrine
100
It is 363 miles long and has 83 locks, it linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic and cut time and cost of shipping goods. Made New York a center of trade.
What is the Erie Canal
200
A person who travels to and remains in a certain region to make a new life.
What is a settler
200
The trail followed by Cherokee Indians when they were removed from their land and forced to walk to Indian territory.
What is the Trail of Tears
200
President who signed the Indian Removal Act
Who is President Andrew Jackson
200
In 1830 President Jackson signed a law that forced the Cherokee and other tribes to leave their lands and go to an area call the Indian territory.
What is the Indian Removal Act
200
This was built in 1790 by Samuel Slater and Moses Brown. It greatly increased manufacturing and started in Pawtucket, RI.
What is the first textile mill
300
The first settlers of an area
What is a pioneer
300
The act of traveling westward in search of land and a better life
What is Westward Expansion
300
He wrote a poem called "The Star Spangled Banner" and it was later set to music and became the national anthem.
Who is Francis Scott Key
300
The canal that was 363 miles long and linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. It helped make New York City a center of trade.
What is the Erie Canal
300
This was invented by Peter Cooper in 1830, it made rail travel faster and cheaper than steamboats and made it easier for people to travel and ship goods
What is the first American locomotive
400
Something that is given up
What is a cession
400
A deal made in which President Thomas Jefferson purchased land west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains from France.
What is the Louisiana Purchase
400
This pair of explorers planned and lead the expedition from St. Louis in May of 1804 to the Pacific Ocean on the west coast in November of 1805.
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
400
The railroad that was built to cross North America from east coast to west coast.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
400
This machine was a faster way to communicate, it sent messages from one machine to another along a wire. It used a code system in which electronic short and long taps on a key stood for letters of the alphabet.
What is the telegraph
500
The belief that the U.S. should stretch from East coast to the West Coast
What is Manifest Destiny
500
This event had Mexico giving up all of present-day California, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of what are now New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. In return the U.S. paid Mexico $15 million dollars.
What is the Mexican Cession
500
Discovered gold in California in 1848
Who is James Marshall
500
A route that started in Independence, Missouri and led to Oregon Country.
What is Oregon Trail
500
This form of engine was used to power boats, locomotives and railroad engines.