WorksheetsWestern Expansion
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Mexican Cession
1841
1803
1846
1848
Oregon Territory
1849
1846
1803
1809
Gadsden Purchase
1853
1804
1869
1823
Texas
1825
1836
1819
1845
Louisiana Purchase
1819
1821
1803
1801
Northwest Ordinance
1787
1887
1891
1873
Florida
1809
1819
1820
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Why move west?
Land, New Opportunities, Less People, Great Food
Population, Cheap and Fertile Land, Economic Opportunity, Transportation, Trails
Land, Richness, Gold, Wealth
FOOD!
What are the dangers of moving west?
Danger
Sickness and disease
Storms
Fights with Native Americans
Far from cities and services
What is an Inventor?
A person who is the first to think of or make something
A person who thinks of something but is not the first person to think of it
A person who is not the first to thing of or make something
A person who likes elephants!!!
What is an Entrepreneur
A person who markets things
A person who organizes things in the market
A person who buys things from the market
A person who organizes resources to bring a new or better product or service to market in hopes of earning a profit
What is the Cotton Gin?
Made my Eli Whitney
Made life easier for slaves
Increased production of cotton
Increased the need for more slaves to continue and pick cotton
What was the Mechanical Reaper?
It required more slaves
Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick made it
The reaper increased the productivity of the American Farmer
Who was Jo Anderson
he helped make the Mechanical Reaper
He was an enslaved African American
He was the founder of the SteamBoat
He made the Steamboat
Who was Cyrus McCormick?
Brought the reaper to market
Was an entrepreneur
he made the cotton Gin
he was a slave
What was the Steamboat
Robert Fuiton made it
Henry Batson made it
Provided faster river transportation
Connected Southern Plantations to Northern industries and western territories
What was the Steam Locomotive
A car
A train
provided faster land transportation
Sent people and products far away much more quickly
What was the Telegraph
Made by Sam Moirse
Long Distance Communication through"dots and dashes"(Morse code)
Communication Device that allowed sound to be transmitted through a wire
Made by Samuel Mose
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Bought from france for 15 million
Doubled the size for the US
Lewis and Clark explored from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Tripled the size of the US
Florida
Acquired from Spain through a treaty
Spain did not like American food
The treaty failed
Texas
Originally part of Mexico
Texas gained independence in 1835
Texas gained independence in 1836
Joined the US in 1845
Joined the US in 1846
Oregon Territory
Acquired France through a Treaty
Acquired Great Britan through a treaty
Acquired Spain through a treaty
Mexican Cession
President Taylor sent troops to disputed land with Mexico-started Mexican-American War
Mexico lost, forced to give up land
Gave US complete control of the Pacific Coast
President Polk sent troops to disputed land with Mexico-Started Mexican-American War
Gadsden Purchase
Paid 10 million for land that is 3% of the louisiana purchase
Bought for a southern transcontinental railroad-never built
Paid 15 million for land that is 3% of the louisiana purchase
Bought for a southern transcontinental railroad-built
What is the Manifest Destiny
To get more land for the US
To sell land
To get richer for the US
To Get more food
