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Westward Expansion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | President Jefferson bought this territory from France, doubling the size of the United States. |
| New Orleans | a key port city acquired with the Louisiana Purchase |
| Thomas Jefferson | this president bought land from France |
| Lewis and Clark | these two people explored the Louisiana Purchase and the Oregon Territory from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean |
| Florida | Spain gave this territory to the United States through a treaty. |
| Texas | This territory was added to the United States after it became an independent republic. |
| Oregon | This territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain. |
| California (Mexican Cession) | This territory became part of the United States as a result of war with Mexico |
| Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail | two overland trails to go west |
| economic opportunity | logging, farming, and gold are examples of this factor that influenced westward migration |
| Ohio River | the gateway to the west |
| Rio Grande | this river forms a border between Texas and Mexico |
| manifest destiny | the belief that expansion was good and right |
| Jo Anderson | invented the mechanical reaper |
| Erie Canal | a cheaper and faster way to move west by water from the Hudson River to Lake Erie |
| inventor | a person who is the first to think of or make something |
| entrepreneur | a person who brings a new good or service to market to make a profit |
| cotton gin | increased the production of cotton and the need for slaves |
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin |
| Cyrus McCormick | the entrepreneur who brought the reaper to market |
| steamboat | an invention that provided faster river transportation and connected Southern plantations, Northern industries, and Western territories |
| Robert Fulton | an entrepreneur who improved the steamboat |
| Gold Rush | In 1849, this event brought many people to California |
| Columbia River | this river was explored by Lewis and Clark |
| mechanical reaper | this invention increased the amount of grain produced by farmers |
| Great Lakes | inland port cities formed on these bodies of water in the Midwest |
| Mississippi and Missouri Rivers | these bodies of water were used to transport farm and industrial products |
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