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Westward Expansion
Virginia SOL based
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History
6th Grade
03/01/2010

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Louisiana Purchase
Definition
What territorial acquisition doubled the size of the country?
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Louisiana Territory
Definition
The eastern boundary of this territory is the Mississippi River
Term
Jefferson bought the land from France
Definition
How was the Louisiana Purchase acquired?
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Louisiana Territory
Definition
Lewis and Clark began their expedition in this territory
Term
Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty after paying $5 million of Spanish debt.
Definition
How was Florida acquired?
Term
Gadsden Purchase
Definition
The United States and Mexico agreed upon the sale of this small piece of territory.
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
The belief that expansion was good for the country and was the right of the country to expand west.
Term
It was "cheap" and "fertile" land
Definition
what two things about land in the west influenced people to move there?
Term
Yes it was. Overcrowding and lack of good productive farm land was an issue that influenced people to move west.
Definition
Was population growth in the East a factor in people moving west? Why or why not?
Term
Oregon Trail(towards the NW) and Santa Fe Trail (towards the SW)
Definition
Two major overland trails that allowed people to move west
Term
canals- especially the Erie Canal
Definition
Man made waterways that helped people move west.
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Pacific Ocean
Definition
What was the final goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
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Columbia River
Definition
Lewis and Clark explored this river on the Western side of the Continental Divide
Term
territories
Definition
What are large regions of land that were added to the United states? It begins with a T.
Term
cotton gin
Definition
What invention by Eli Whitney INCREASED the need for slave labor.
Term
Oregon Territory
Definition
The southern part of this territory was acquired in a treaty with Great Britain. The northern boundary is the 49th parallel
Term
steam locomotive
Definition
What invention made travel on land faster?
Term
reaper
Definition
What invention by Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson increased farm production of wheat?
Term
steamboat
Definition
What invention helped bring crops from the South to markets and factories in the North on the rivers of America?
Term
Robert Fulton
Definition
Who was the entrepreneur who first was able to use the steamboat successfully in a business.
Term
Both
Definition
Was Cyrus McCormick an inventor, an entrepreneur or both?
Term
entrepreneur
Definition
entrepreneur: A person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit
Term
inventor
Definition
inventor: A person who is the first to think of or make something
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