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overland trails

trails across land

reaper
a machine for cutting standing grain
cultivate
to prepare and work on land in order to raise crops
abolitionist
a person who supports getting rid of slavery
productivity
the speed in which goods or services are made available
industrialization
rapid growth in the use of machines for manufacturing and production
migration
the movement of people from one place or country to another
suffrage
the right to vote
equal rights
treating every person the same
inhumane
lacking kindness or compassion
violate
the act of breaking through without permission or passing by force
availability
present and ready for use
morally
concerned with the judgment of whether something is good or bad
independent republic
a free state in which the power rests with the citizens
territorial expansion
trying to increase the size or the boundaries of a nation
entrepreneur
a person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit
inventor
a person who is the first to think of or make something
deprived
not having the necessities of life
manifest destiny
the idea that expansion was for the good of the country and the right of the county
democracy
a type of government where people rule
advocate
a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of something or someone
emancipation
freeing someone or something
What territory was explored by Lewis and Clark from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean?
Louisiana Purchase
Florida was given to the United States through a treaty with what country?
Spain
What was given to the United States through a treaty with Spain?
Florida
What territory was purchased from France by Thomas Jefferson?
Louisiana Purchase
What was admitted to the Union after it became an independent republic?
Texas
What territory was divided between the United States and Great Britain?
Oregon
What territorial expansion doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
A war with Mexico resulted in what territory becoming part of the United States?
California and the southwest
During what time period did the United States acquire many territories?
1801 – 1861
The Oregon territory was divided between the United States and what country?
Great Britain
Who did Thomas Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory from?
France
The United States gained possession of California and the southwest territory through a war with what country?
Mexico
What provided faster land transportation?
steam locomotive
Who improved the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
What invention before the Civil War increased the desire for slavery?
cotton gin
What product before the Civil War increased the productivity of the American farmer?
reaper
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What provided faster river transportation and connected southern plantations to northern industries and western territories?
steamboat
Who brought the reaper to market?
Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson
What provided faster land transportation before the Civil War?
steam locomotive
What invention increased the desire for slave labor to cultivate and pick crops?
cotton gin
What abolitionist wrote The Liberator and worked for the immediate emancipation of all slaves?
William Lloyd Garrison
What were people who were anti-slavery known as?
abolitionists
What abolitionist led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What were two things that abolitionists believed?
immediate freeing of slaves AND that slavery is morally wrong, cruel, and violated the principles of democracy
What abolitionist wrote the North Star newspaper?
Frederick Douglass
Supporters of what movement believed that women were deprived of basic rights?
Suffrage Movement
Name three leaders of the Suffrage Movement.
Isabelle Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony
Name three leaders of the Abolitionist Movement.
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and William Lloyd Garrison
Who was a former enslaved African American who was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice?
Isabelle Sojourner Truth
Who was an advocate to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all?
Susan B. Anthony
Who played a leadership role in the women’s rights movement?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Supporters of what movement stated that “All men and women are created equal”?
Suffrage Movement
One factor that influenced westward movement was population growth where?
in the eastern states
One factor that influenced westward movement was the availability of cheap and fertile what?
land
List four economic opportunities that influenced westward movement.
logging, freedom for runaway slaves, farming, California Gold Rush
What canal influenced westward movement by providing cheaper and faster transportation?
Erie Canal
People who supported the idea of Thomas Jefferson buying the Louisiana Purchase and expanding our nation believed in what idea?
manifest destiny
Knowledge of what two overland trails influenced westward movement?
Oregon and Sante Fe
What provided faster and cheaper water transportation?

rivers, Erie Canal, and the steamboat