Westward Expansion

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Louisiana Purchase

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A purchase Thomas Jefferson made with France. He bought Louisiana for $15,000. The purchase of Louisiana doubled the size of the United States.

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Florida 1819

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Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty.

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Texas 1845

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Was added after it became an independent republic.

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Oregon 1846

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Was divided by the Unites States and Great Britain.

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California 1848

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War with Mexico resulted in California and the Southwest territory becoming part of the United states.

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Manifest Destiny

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Manifest Destiny was the belief that the expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country.

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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In the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

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Inventor

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An inventor is a person that makes or creates something for the first time.

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Entrepreneur

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An entrepreneur is a person the presents an idea to a council of people.

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Cotton Gin

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The cotton gin was created by Eli Whitney.

The cotton gin was a medium sized machine that removed the seeds from cotton.

It increased the need for slave labor, though, made cotton production a lot higher for farmers.

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Steamboat

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The steamboat was IMPROVED by Robert Fulton (an entrepreneur)

The steamboat was a steam powered boat that had wheels of paddles to push it. The steam was made by heating coal.

It was greatly used and transported both people and goods.

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Steam Locomotive

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The steam locomotive was a great invention. It changed the way people traveled and transported goods.

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Reaper

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The reaper was made by Cyrus McCormick.

The reaper was a horse-drawn wooden structure. It made days of work into hours of work for farmers. Farmers used the reaper for cutting fields.

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Abolitionist

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Men and women who work to end slavery.

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Emancipation

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The freeing from bondage.

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Suffrage

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The right to vote in an election.

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Underground Railroad

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A series of safe houses and hiding places for slaves.

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Harriet Tubman

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This woman led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

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William Lloyd Garrison

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He wrote the Liberator (meaning free) and worked for the immediate emancipation (freedom) of all enslaved African Americans.

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Frederick Douglass

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He wrote the North Star and worked for rights to better the lives of African Americans.

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Isabella Sojourner Truth

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She was a former African American, and was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice.

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Susan B. Anthony

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An advocate to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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She played a leadership role in the women's rights movement.

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What basic rights were women deprived of?

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- Denied the right to vote

- Denied educational opportunities, especially higher education

- Denied equal opportunities in business

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Why did abolitionists believe that slavery was wrong?

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- It was morally wrong

- It was cruel and inhuman

- A violation of the principal of democracy

- (only three reasons)