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© Erin Kathryn 2015
Manifest Destiny
annexation
territory
treaty
the belief that the US had the right and duty
to control all of the land between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
to add land to a country
an agreement between two
nations
an area of land that is under the authority of a government but is not given the power of self
government
Oregon Trail
frontier
cession
boomtown communities that quickly
grow in population
to give land to another
country
a route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City,
Oregon, used by pioneers traveling to the Oregon
Territory
the edge of a country or
settled region
pioneer
Forty-niner
Native Americans
Trail of Tears
someone who went to an area before it was
settled
people who went to California
during the Gold Rush of 1849
the first people to live in
North America
American Indians were forced by the United State Army to make the 1,000 mile trip to
Indian Territory
settlers
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
California Gold Rush
The 1803 land deal that doubled the area of our
new country. It was purchased from France
for 15 million dollars.
The 1849 discovery of gold in the Sacramento,
California area that inspired the mass
migration to the gold fields.
people who move to a new
land
a journey to explore the American Northwest, newly purchased from
France, and some territories beyond
flatboat
wagon train
Indian Removal
Act
Mexican- American
War
1846 - 1848 - President Polk
declared war on Mexico over the dispute of
land in Texas.
law that ordered all the Indian nations
east of the Mississippi River to move west of
that river
a line of covered wagons that
moved together
a large, rectangular boat partly covered
by a roof
Industrial Revolution
Eli Whitney
canal
Indian Territory
invented the cotton gin and the idea of
using interchangeable
parts
waterway built for travel and
shipping
a period of time marked by changes
in manufacturing and transportation
the area of land that American Indians were
forced to move to
