Western Expansion Vocabulary Review

This term encompasses the acquisition (buying/taking) of territories by the United States across the whole area of the North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west.

• Continental Divide

• Westward Expansion

• the Louisiana Purchase

• Trail of Tears

An elevation of land that runs along the tops of the Rocky Mountains.

• Continental Divide

• Louisiana Purchase

• Westward Expansion

• Trail of Tears

This is the broad expanse of flat land (a plain), much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada.

• Continental Divide

• Westward Expansion

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Great Plains

The purchase was made by Thomas Jefferson and doubled the size of the United States at a very low price.

• Continental Divide

• Westward Expansion

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Great Plains

They explored the Missouri River and found a safe route to the Pacific  Ocean.

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• War of 1812

• Oregon Territory

• Indian Removal Act

The 3rd president of the United States. He is responsible for the Louisiana Purchase.

• Andrew Jackson

• Francis Scott Key

• Sacajawea

• Thomas Jefferson

War between Great Britain and the United States from 1812-1815 that involved the burning of the White House.

• The Lewis and Clark Expedition

• War of 1812

• Oregon Territory

• Indian Removal Act

He wrote our national anthem “The Star Spangled Banner”.

• Andrew Jackson

• Francis Scott Key

• Sacajawea

• Thomas Jefferson

The area of the Western region of the U.S. during the middle 1800s. It comprised all or parts of what are now the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.

• The Lewis and Clark Expedition

• War of 1812

• Oregon Territory

• Indian Removal Act

The act allowed the president to remove Native Americans from their land and give the Native American an Indian Territory.

• The Lewis and Clark Expedition

• War of 1812

• Oregon Territory

• Indian Removal Act