Westward Expansion - Vocabulary

The belief popular in the United States during the 1800s that the country must extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean

• Sectionalism

• Manifest Destiny

• Industrial Revolution

• Cede

The cotton gin was a machine that _________.

• removed seeds from cotton fiber

• wove cotton into clothing

• easily extracted cotton from the plant

• allowed farmers to plant cotton and a quicker rate.

This advancement allowed a part of a machine or device to be replaced by another, identical part

• cotton gin

• interchangeable parts

• canal

• spoils system

Changes in manufacturing and transportation that began with fewer things being made by hand but instead made using machines in large factories

• The American Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• Shark Tank

• The Era of Good Feelings

Spain CEDED Florida from the United States. This means that...

• Spain transferred control of Florida to the U.S.

• The United States took Florida from Spain using force.

• Spain traded Florida to the United States for other land.

• The U.S. and Spain went to war over Florida.

Construction of the Erie Canal was completed in 1825. It connected New York City with the Great Lakes and greatly improved trade and transportation. A canal is

• an artificial waterway.

• a natural waterway.

• a style of railroad that was popular in the 1800's.

• a machine which removes seeds from cotton.

Texas was ANNEXED by the United States in 1845 and became the 28th state. To ANNEX means to

• add a territory to one's own territory.

• to separate.

• to form an alliance.

• to write a peace treaty.

President Andrew Jackson replaced many government employees with his own political supporters. This is known as

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• the spoils system

• foul play

Fortune seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush of 1849

• Forty-sixers

• Forty-niners

• Fifty-niners

• seventy-sixers

The 7th president of the United States; known for the infamous "Indian Removal Act"; can be found on the $20 bill.

• Martin Van Buren

• John Quincy Adams

• William Henry Harrison

• Andrew Jackson