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WorksheetsWestward Expansion Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Industrial Revolution
A land-exchange treaty with tribes that forcibly moved thousands of Native American tribes west.
A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of making goods.
1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread westward across the continent.
2000 mile long path along which thousands of Americans yourneyed to the Willamette Valley in the 1840s
Agrarian
loyalty to one's one region of the country, rather than the nation as a whole.
withdraw membership from the union.
the growth of cities
concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land.
Cotton Gin
An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats.
A machine for cleaning seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793.
People who believed that slavery should be against the law.
An organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption.
Canals
the growth of cities
the 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation.
an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats inland.
the treaty that forced tens of thousands of American Indians to relocate the West
Urbanization
the growth of cities
concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land.
A statement which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere with affairs within the United States.
Loyalty to one's own region of the country.
Manifest Destiny
A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States
territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $ 15million.
concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land.
1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread westward across the continent.
Louisiana Purchase
territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million
movement dedicated to achieving women's right to vote
Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands and traveled more than 800 miles to the Indian Territory.
The war between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican Territory.
Suffrage Movement
an artificial water way constructed to allow the passage of boats inland.
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union.
people who believed that slavery should be against the law
movement dedicated to achieving women's right to vote.
Oregon Trail
withdraw formally from membership in the federal union.
2000 mile long path along the thousands of American journeyed to the Willamette Valley in the 1840s
the growth of cities
a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
War of 1812
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union.
A war between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France.
an organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption.
Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands and travel 800 miles into Indian Territory.
Monroe Doctrine
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union.
people who believed that slavery should be against the law.
a statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that European should not interfere in affairs within the United States.
1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread westward across the continent.
Indian Removal Act
concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land.
the growth of cities
movement dedicated to achieving women's right to vote.
in 1830, authorized Andrew Jackson to create treaties with tribes that forced tens of thousands of American Indians to the West.
Trail of Tears
Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole.
Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands traveling from North Carolina west more than 800 miles. Many died of cold, disease, and lack of food.
the 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation.
A gathering that discussed the rights and conditions of women, wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, and tired to get women the right to vote.
Secede
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
2000 mile long path along which thousands of American journeyed to the West in the 1840s.
1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread westward across the continent.
the growth of cities.
Abolitionist
A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States.
people who believed that slavery should be against the law.
movement dedicated to achieving women's right to vote.
1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread westward across the continent.
