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Kenzie Wiedower
Westward expansion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The territory sold by France to the US in 1803, comprising the western part of the Mississippi valley. | Louisiana Purchase |
| A young Native American woman who guided Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their expedition to explore territory gained through the Louisiana Purchase. | Sacajawea |
| 1.The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable | Manifest Destiny |
| A treaty made between the U.S. government and the Sioux in 1868, after Sioux tribes led by Oglala Chief Red Cloud stopped U.S. construction of the Bozeman Trail between Fort Laramie and western Montana. | Treaty of Fort Laramine |
| 1.A historic route, established in the 1820s, from St. Louis in Missouri to Santa Fe in New Mexico. Merchants and settlers used it until the Santa Fe Railroad was built in the 1870s | Santa Fe Trail |
| 1.A route across the central and western US used esp. from 1840 until 1860 by settlers moving west. It extends about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from Missouri to Oregon | Oregon Trail |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah | Mormons |
| Smith: religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844) | Joseph Smith |
| Young: United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah | Brighan Young |
| The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was a military conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state Coahuila y Tejas | Texas Revolution |
| The Republic of Texas was an independent state in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846. | Republic of Texas |
| 4.Add or attach as a condition or consequence | Annex |