The land bought from France was called _________________.

Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the land ________ of the Mississippi River.

A Shoshone Indian woman named ______________ helped Lewis and Clark complete the expedition.

What was the belief the United States should own all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans called?

In what city did Lewis and Clark start their journey?

The Industrial Revolution was a change in the way _____________ were made

In mass production, people or machines make many goods that are _________________

Mass production made it _____________ and _____________ to make goods.

Where were the first factories built?

A man-made waterway is called a

The Industrial Revolution changed how Americans lived because many people changed from living on a ______________ to living in a _________________.

The _________________________ Act of 1830 made Native Americans leave their homes and move west.

The difficult journey the Cherokee had to walk from Georgia to Oklahoma became known as the ________________________

About 4000 Cherokee _______________ on the way to Oklahoma.

Stephan Austin started an American colony in _______ in 1821

Mexican law said that Texans must speak ____________________ , be ________________ and not own slaves.

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the __________________ of Mexico

The Battle at the Alamo lasted ________ days

_________________ was the General of the Texan army.

The war between the Texans and Mexico was called the ________________

James Polk became president of the United States in ________

The ____________________ began in 1846 because the United States and Mexico could not agree on the boarders of Texas.

The American soldiers captured _________________in 1847, ending the war.

Which three states were made from the Mexican Cession?

The United States wanted the Gadsden Purchase to build a ________

Mexican Americans helped the United States by teaching Americans how to grow food, build railroads, look for gold, and be ____________

Life for women changed in the United States after the Mexican War because woman could now own ______

The trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon became known as the __________

The trip on the Oregon Trail lasted about _______ months.

The United States gave free _________________ to families to encourage them to move to Oregon.

What did James Marshall find in a river in California?

The _______________ of 1848 and 1849 happened because thousands of people went to find gold in California.

California became a state in ____________.

Miners change the land in California by building damns, polluting rivers and ________.

Information from someone who experienced the event in history is called a