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westward expansion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was the manifest destiny | expanding the western U.S. from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean Americans thought it was their destiny to go west |
| what were the major barriers to the territorial expansion | Rocky Mt, rivers, Cascade Mt, and deserts |
| who purchased the Louisiana purchase | Thomas Jefferson |
| who did he hire to explore it | Lewis and Clark |
| what did it do to the size of the U.S. | doubled it |
| what location of the Mississippi River did they begin their expedition | Missouri River |
| what was their original goal of their expedition | to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean *Northwest Passage |
| who assisted them on their journey | Sacagawea |
| what was the last physical feature that they crossed | Rocky Mt |
| what was her contribution to the journey | translator |
| what are some things they encountered or discovered on their journey | Native Americans, new animals, and new plants to use for medicines |
| who was involved | Britain and America |
| what were the causes | impressment Britain was supplying guns to the Native Americans War Hawks pushed congress to declare war |
| what major events happened in Washington DC | burning of the White House and capital |
| which country did US acquire Texas | Mexico |
| what was the Alamo | used as a fort at the Battle of the Alamo |
| what was the purpose of the battle | Texas wanted independence |
| what was the Oregon Trail | a well-known trail that pioneers used to travel west to the Pacific Ocean |
| what led many settlers to move west | land space and gold |
| what was the gold rush | mass movement of people looking for gold |
| what types of towns popped up during the gold rush | mining towns and boom towns |
| what was it like for the people who were looking for gold | hard because they had limited supplies and houses and the food was expensive |
| what was the trail of tears | relocation of Native Americans to reservations in Oklahoma thousands died |
| who was impacted most by the trail of tears | Native Americans |
| why did so many Native Americans die on the journey to their new reservation | disease, starvation, bad weather, extreme conditions |
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