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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who Was Involved | Britain and America |
| What Were the Causes | Impressment- Britain supplied guns to Native Americans- War Hawks pushed Congress to declare war against Britain |
| What Major Event Took Place in Washington DC | burning of the White House and capital |
| Which Country did US acquire from Texas | Mexico |
| What was the Alamo | a church used as a fort |
| what was the purpose of the Alamo | Texas wanted independence |
| What was the Oregon Trail | A well-known trail that pioneers used to travel west to the pacific ocean |
| What led to many settlers to move west | they wanted land and space |
| What was the gold rush | the mass movement of people moving to California in search of gold |
| What types of towns popped up in California due to people searching for gold | Boom Towns |
| What was lifelike for people who were looking for gold | hard and limited living and supplies |
| What was manifest destiny (territorial expansion) | when the US wanted to make a large country by exploring from coast to coast |
| What were major barriers in territorial expansion | mountains and desserts |
| Who purchased it | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who did he hire to explore it | Lewis and Clark |
| What did it do to the size of the US | it more than doubled it |
| What location of the Mississippi river did they begin their expedition | St. Louis |
| What was the original goal of their expedition | to find a path to the Pacific Ocean |
| What was the last physical feature they crossed before reaching the Pacific Ocean | Rocky Mountains |
| Who assisted them on their journey | Sacagawea |
| What was her contribution to the journey | She was a Native American guide that helped them find their way |
| What are some things they encountered or discovered on their journey | New animals, hostile Natives, and new species of plants |
| What was the trail of tears | the relocation of Native Americans to reservations in Oklahoma- thousands died on trip |
| Who was impacted worse by westward expansion | Native Americans |
| Why did so many Native Americans die on their journey to their new reservations | diseases, starvation, bad weather, and extreme conditions |