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West Ex Indus Rev
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Louisiana Purchase | an agreement that almost doubled the size of the U.S. |
| expedition | a journey taken by a group of people with a specific purpose |
| embargo | a law that is passed to prohibit |
| nationalism | loyalty and devotion to a nation |
| Monroe Doctrine | an American policy warning Europeans powers not to interfere with the Americans |
| Indian Territory | U.S. land in what is now Oklahoma where Congress planned to move the Native Americans |
| frontier | outer edge of a settled region |
| pioneer | an early settler of a region |
| wagon train | the common method of transportation to the West, in which wagons traveled in groups for safety |
| Gold Rush | in 1849 when many settlers moved to California in search of gold |
| textile | fabric that is woven |
| enconomy | the way that a society or nation produces and distributes goods and services |
| industrialization | the process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods |
| technology | the use of human knowledge to create tools and machines that allow us to navigate and control the environment; does not have to be electric |
| Louisiana Purchase | -cost the U.S. $15 million -brought from France -Doubled size of U.S. from Mississippi River to Rocky Montains |
| Lewis & Clark | -Goals: map river; make friends with Native Americans; look for river passage that flowed to Pacific Ocean -were sent on an expedition by Thomas Jefferson |
| Indian Removal Act | -gold was found on Indian territory and settlers wanted it -Congress issued the Indian Removal Act to push Indians off their land to Indian Territory in Oklahoma |
| Trail of Tears | an 880 mile journey that included over 60,000 Native Americans from tribes that took place from 1831-1842 -stretched from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Oklahoma |
| Indian Tribes | Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, Cherokee |
| Reasons pioneers moved West | trade for fur and with Mexicans, rich resources, land milder climate, religious freedom, search for gold |
| Oregon Trail | 2,000 mi long; oxen, horses, and mules pulled wagons; cost about $600 for family of four; hardships included shortage of food, supplies, water, rough weather, rivers, and moutains |
| Gold Rush | people went to San Francisco in 1849 to find gold; little gold was found; people who made money were inventors and market men |
| Levi Strauss | invented durable jeans for the miners in the gold rush |
| Samuel Slater | invented first cotton spinning-mill; started Industrial Rev in U.S. |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | first factory that combined machines which spun cotton into yarn with power looms; importance-workers with different skills working under one roof; cloth was made faster |
| Eli Whitney | invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts; 50 times more growth in the production of cotton; factories made identical parts at the same time |
| Robert Fulton | invented steamboat, the Clermont; able to travel up and downriver |
| Erie Canal | connected Hudson River to Lake Erie and the rest of Great Lakes making it easier to transport goods from Midwest to East Coast |
| Railroads | moved people and goods more quickly, less expensively, and went farther; connected people nationwide and allowed farmers and factory owners to ship their products all over the country |
| Samuel Morse | invented telegraph; faster way to communicate because of signals that could travel to any place with wires |
| Cyrus McCormick | invented mechanical reaper; could cut more grain in a few hours than 2 to 3 men could do in a day |
| John Deere | invented steal plow; made it easier for farmers of Great Plains to plow their heavy, sticky soil |
| Elias Howe | invented sewing machine; moved process of making clothes from home to factories and now clothing could be sold in stores |
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