Westward Expansion Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What was Abolition? | The movement to end slavery |
Which invention increased the demand for slavery? | The cotton gin |
Who invented the cotton gin? | Eli Whitney |
What do we call a person who brings a product to market to make a profit? | entrepreneur |
Which man made waterway provided a faster route West? | The Erie Canal |
How did transporation west become cheaper and faster? | steamboat, Erie Canal, steam locomtive, knowledge of trails |
Which country did Jefferson purchase Louisiana from? | France |
Which motivation beginning in 1849 drew people to California? | The gold rush |
In which regions were California and the SW territories? | Coastal Range & Basin and Range |
Which policy led to the Cherokee relocation from Georgia? | The Indian Removal Act |
Who were the inventors of the reaper? | Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick |
Which movement were Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth leaders in? | Suffrage |
What did William Lloyd Garrison name his newspaper? | The Liberator |
How do we remember the order of the territories? | Look For The Orange Carrot |
What is the belief that westward expansion was America's right and duty? | Manifest Destiny |
What is the Eastern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase? | The Mississippi River |
Where did most of the early industrialization occur? | The North |
What did Frederick Douglass name his newspaper? | The North Star |
Which territory was won in a war with Mexico? | California |
Which territory did the US get in a treaty with Spain? | Florida |
Which territory did the US get in a treaty with Great Britain? | Oregon |
Which territory was independent before joining the US? | Texas |
In which present state were the Cherokee relocated to? | Oklahoma |
In which territory was Oklahoma? | Louisiana |
Which inventor improved the steamboat? | Robert Fulton |
Where were the names of 2 of the major overland trails? | Oregon and Santa Fe |
What was the series of safe houses called that led escaped slaves to freedom? | The Underground Railroad |
What rights were denied to women? | education, property, the vote, jobs |
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