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Westward Expansion
VA SOL 6th Grade
Question | Answer |
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What was the Louisiana Purchase? | Jefferson bought land from France (the Louisiana Purchase), which doubled the size of the United States. |
What did Lewis and Clark do? | In the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. |
How did the U.S. get Florida? | Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty. |
How did the U.S. get Texas? | Texas was added after it became an independent republic. |
How did the U.S. get the Oregon territory? | The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain. |
How did the U.S. get California? | War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States |
What land factors influenced westward migration? | Availability of cheap, fertile land Knowledge of overland trails (Oregon and Santa Fe) |
What economic factors influenced westward migration? | gold (California Gold Rush), logging, farming, freedom (for runaway slaves) |
What technology factors influenced westward migration | Cheaper and faster transportation, e.g., rivers and canals (Erie Canal), steamboats |
What people factors influenced westward migration | Population growth in the eastern states |
What belief factor influenced westward migration | Belief in the right of “Manifest Destiny”—The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country |
What was Manifest Destiny? | A belief that expansion was for the good of the country and was our right |
Name two overland trails used during westward expansion. | Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail |
Who invented the cotton in? | Eli Whitney |
How did the cotton gin affect American lives? | It increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton. |
What did Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson do? | They invented the reaper. |
Who was Jo Anderson? | He was a slave who helped develop the reaper. |
Who was Jo Anderson? | He was a slave who helped develop the reaper. |
How did the reaper affect American lives? | The reaper increased the productivity of the American farmer. |
Who invented the steamboat? | Robert Fulton |
How did the steamboat affect American lives? | It provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries. |
How did the steam locomotive affect American lives? | It provided faster land transportation |
What were the main ideas expressed by the abolitionists? | Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong. • Morally wrong • Cruel and inhumane • A violation of the principles of democracy And that slaves should be freed immediately |
Name three important abolitionists. | Harriet Tubman William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass |
What were the main ideas of the suffrage movement? Women were denied the right to? | • Denied the right to vote • Denied educational opportunities, especially higher education • Denied equal opportunities in business • Limited in rights to own property |
Supporters declared that... | “All men and women are created equal.” |
21. When did the suffrage movement begin? | Before the Civil War |
22. Who were three important leaders of the suffrage movement? | Isabel Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton |