Westward Expansion Unit Vocab (Tony the Tourist)

The process of rapid growth of U.S. territory from the Mississippi River to the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Westward Expansion

• Trail of Tears

The belief that the United States was destined, by God, to have all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

• Manifest Destiny

• California Gold Rush

• Oregon Territory

Agreement by France to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States for $15 million. The US gained almost 830,000 square miles of land, the Port of New Orleans, and full control of the Mississippi River.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Trail of Tears

• Manifest Destiny

A missionary structure in San Antonio, TX that was used as a defense post during a thirteen day battle between 200 Texans and thousands of Mexican troops.

• Erie Canal

• The Alamo

• California Gold Rush

An armed conflict between the U.S. and Mexico over boundary disputes, won by the U.S.

• Mexican-American War

• The Alamo

• Westward Expansion

500,000 square miles of land in the southwest that Mexico sold to the U.S. and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

• Mexican Cession

• The Alamo

• Louisiana purchase

A region in the Pacific Northwest that the United States acquired by signing a treaty with the British to divide the land.

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Expansion

• Oregon Territory

The discovery of gold in 1848 lead hundreds of thousands of people to migrate to California, hoping to strike it rich.

• California Gold Rush

• The Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

A man-made waterway that connects the Great Lakes to the Hudson River.

• Erie Canal

• The Alamo

• Manifest Destiny

A series of railroads that were connected to create one large railroad system that crossed the entire country.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Erie Canal

• Mexican Cession