Westward Expansion
UNIT 8
Vocabulary Terms
annexation
1.
the process of making something
a part of a larger thing - like the
annexation of a state
Manifest Destiny
is the belief that the United States2.
should own all of the land
between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans
Step 1: Original 13 States
3.
(1776)
established with the start of the American
Revolution and the signing of the
Declaration of Independence; land along
the Atlantic Ocean
Step 1 –
Original 13 States
Step 2: Treaty of Paris
4.
(1783)
land received as a result of the signing
of the Treaty of Paris 1783; land
bordered by the Mississippi River on the
west (often called the Ohio River Valley)
Step 2 –
Treaty of Paris 1783
Step 3: Louisiana
Purchase (1803)
5.
purchased by Thomas Jefferson from
France in 1803 for $15 million;
doubled the size of the United States
Step 4: British Cession (1818)
established the border between
the United States and Canada at
the northern portion of the 6.
Louisiana Territory
Step 4 –
Louisiana Boundary
Agreement 1818
Step 5: Adams –Onis
7.
Treaty (1819)
Spain gave control of Florida to the
United States as a result of the
Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819
Step 6: Texas Annexation (1845)
after being an independent country
for 9 years, Texas was allowed to join
the U.S. as the 28th state in 1845
8.
Step 6 –
Texas 1845
Step 7: Oregon
Country (1846)
9.
following a settlement with the
British, Oregon was annexed
into the U.S. in 1846
Step 7 – Oregon
Country 1846
Step 8: Mexican Cession
10.
(1848)
land given to the U.S. by Mexico
following the Mexican-American
War in 1848 (present-day CA, AZ,
NM, UT, CO, NV)
Step 8 –
Mexican Cession 1848
Step 9: Gadsden Purchase
11.
(1853)
land purchased by the U.S. along the
Mexican border for $18 million in 1853
to build the trans-continental railroad
(southern portion of AZ & NM)
California Gold Rush
in 1849, thousands headed to CA to
mine for gold to “get rich quick”;
doubled the world’s supply of gold
12.
Sutter’s Mill
13.
sawmill where James Marshall
discovered gold in the ground; set
off rush to California to “get rich”
49ers
14.
name given to people rushing
to California to mine for gold
boomtowns
15.
communities of gold-seekers that
seemed to form overnight
Mormon Trail
16.
trail used by 12,000 Mormons
heading from Illinois to Utah; largest
single migration in U.S. history
migration
17.
the movement of people or
animals from one place to
another
civil disobedience
peacefully disobeying a law ,
instead of using violence
18.
The
nd
2
Great Awakening
• revival of strong religious feeling
• Mass meetings were held to discuss
faith and religion
19.
• Religious faith led to helping others
and reforming society
Henry David Thoreau
refused to pay taxes to the U.S.
Government, which he said
enforced slavery and wrongly went
to war with Mexico (civil disobedience)
20.