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westward expansion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was Manifest Destiny (territorial expansion)? | Expanding the western U.S from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Americans thought it was their destiny to go west |
| What were the major barriers to territorial expansion | Rocky Mountains, rivers, and desserts |
| Who purchased the Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who did Thomas Jefferson hire to explore the Louisianna Purchase | Lewis and Clark |
| What did the Louisianna Purchase do to the size of the U.S | Doubled it |
| What location of the Mississippi River did Lewis and Clark start their expedition | Missouri River |
| What was the original goal to Lewis and Clarks expedition | to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean |
| What was the last physical feature that Lewis and Clark crossed before reaching the Pacific Ocean | Rocky Mountains |
| Who assisted Lewis and Clark on their journey | Sacajawea |
| What did Sacajawea's contribute on the journey | Interpitation/translator that helped them find their way |
| What are some things they encountered or discovered on their journey | Native Americans, new animals, new plants to use for medicine |
| Who was involved in the war of 1812 | British and America |
| What was the cause of the war | British burned down the white house |
| What major event in the war took place in Washington D.C | Impressment. Britian's supplied guns to Native Americans. War Hawks pushed Congress to declare war against Britian |
| In Texas and The Alamo which country did U.S acquire Texas from | Mexico |
| What was the Alamo | Church used as a fort at the building of the Alamo |
| What was the purpose of the battle of Alamo | Texas wanted Independence |
| What was the Oregon Trail | Well-known trail that pioneers used to travel west to the Pacific Ocean |
| What led to many settlers moving west | For Gold and more space |
| What was the Gold Rush | A man in a small town found gold in a river and tried to keep it a secret but the news spread quickly leading to people from all over the country looking for gold |
| What types of towns popped up in California due to people searching for gold | Boomtowns |
| What was lifelike for people who were searching for gold | Hard because they had very few recourses and many died due to starvation |
| What was the trail of Tears | Relocation of Native Americans to Reservations in Oklahoma, Thousands died |
| Who was impacted the worst by the Westward Expansion | Native Americans |
| Why did so many Native Americans die on the journey to their new reservation | Disease, starvation, bad weather, and extreme conditions |
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