From whom did
the U.S. get the
Louisiana
Purchase?
The US purchased
Louisiana from
France
Who invented the
Reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
&
Jo Anderson
(a slave)
Robert Fulton’s
improvement of
the steamboat did
what?
It connected
Southern plantation
to Northern
industries and
western territories
What invention cut
grain faster and
increased
production of the
American farmer?
The Reaper
Who invented the
Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
Who explored the
Louisiana Territory
and where did
they explore?
Lewis and Clark and
they explored from
the Mississippi
River to the Pacific
Ocean
How did the US
acquire the
Oregon
Territory?
The US acquired
Oregon with a
treaty between the
US and Great Britain
What is America’s
Manifest Destiny?
The belief that
expansion was good
for the entire country
(a right and obligation)
What is the name
of a man made
waterway to help
gain access to
main water routes
Canals
An example: Erie
Canal located in
New York
Why did people
move west?
(What helped
westward
migration?)
-overcrowding of eastern
cities
-Economic reasons
-Freedom for former slaves
- availability of cheap and
fertile land
-What land
acquisition
(territory) doubled
the size of the US?
Louisiana
Purchase
Which president
purchased
Louisiana?
Thomas
Jefferson
Which country
sold Florida via a
treaty to the US?
Spain
Who are the 3
Abolitionists
were learned
about?
1.William Lloyd Garrison- wrote
“The Liberator”
2.Harriet Tubman- former
enslaved African American, who
led the Underground Railroad
3.Frederick Douglass- wrote “The
North Star”, a former enslaved
African American
After the war with
Mexico, which
territory was
acquired?
California/
Southwest
Mexican
Cession
1. Original 13 Colonies
2. Treaty of Paris 1783
3. Louisiana Purchase
4. Gadsden Purchase
5. Florida
6. Texas
7. Oregon
8. California/Mexican Cession
•What impact did
the cotton gin
have on the
south?
It increased the
production of cotton
and led to the result
and the demand for an
increase of slave labor.
Oregon Trail and
Santa Fe Trail are
examples of what
Overland trails
that led the way
out west.
What did the
Suffrage
Movement
believe?
“All men and
women are
created
equal”
The name of two
explorers that
explored the
Louisiana Purchase
Meriwether Lewis
and
William Clark
How did Texas
become apart of
the United
States?
It was annexed
(added) after the
winning their own
independence from
Mexico
How did the US get
California/Mexican
Cession territory?
The US gained
California/Mexican
Cession after
winning the war with
Mexico (treaty)
What type of
economic
opportunities were
in the West?
-Logging
-gold mining
-farming
Who are the 3
Suffragists we
learned
about?
1.Elizabeth Cady Stanton
2.Isabel Sojourner Trutha former enslaved
African American
3. Susan B. Anthony
What is the
definition of an
inventor?
A person who is
the first to think
of something or
make something
What is the
definition of an
entrepreneur?
A person who
organized resources to
bring a new or better
good or services to the
market to make
money
Who are
abolitionists?
People who are
against slavery and
believe it is morally
wrong, inhumane, and
against the principles
of democracy
What is a
suffragist?
A person who is
fighting for voting
rights, especially
women’s right to vote.