1. From whom did the U.S. get the Louisiana Purchase?

2. The US purchased Louisiana from France

3. Who invented the Reaper?

4. Cyrus McCormick & Jo Anderson (a slave)

5. Robert Fulton’s improvement of the steamboat did what?

6. It connected Southern plantation to Northern industries and western territories

7. What invention cut grain faster and increased production of the American farmer?

8. The Reaper

9. Who invented the Cotton Gin?

10. Eli Whitney

11. Who explored the Louisiana Territory and where did they explore?

12. Lewis and Clark and they explored from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

13. How did the US acquire the Oregon Territory?

14. The US acquired Oregon with a treaty between the US and Great Britain

15. What is America’s Manifest Destiny?

16. The belief that expansion was good for the entire country (a right and obligation)

17. What is the name of a man made waterway to help gain access to main water routes

18. Canals An example: Erie Canal located in New York

19. Why did people move west? (What helped westward migration?)

20. - overcrowding of eastern cities -Economic reasons -Freedom for former slaves - availability of cheap and fertile land

21. -What land acquisition (territory) doubled the size of the US?

22. Louisiana Purchase

23. Which president purchased Louisiana?

24. Thomas Jefferson

25. Which country sold Florida via a treaty to the US?

26. Spain

27. Who are the 3 Abolitionists were learned about?

28. 1.William Lloyd Garrison- wrote “The Liberator” 2.Harriet Tubman- former enslaved African American, who led the Underground Railroad 3.Frederick Douglass- wrote “The North Star ”, a former enslaved African American

29. After the war with Mexico, which territory was acquired?

30. California/ Southwest Mexican Cession

32. 1. Original 13 Colonies 2. Treaty of Paris 1783 3. Louisiana Purchase 4. Gadsden Purchase 5. Florida 6. Texas 7. Oregon 8. California/Mexican Cession

33. What impact did the cotton gin have on the south?

34. It increased the production of cotton and led to the result and the demand for an increase of slave labor.

35. Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail are examples of what

36. Overland trails that led the way out west.

37. What did the Suffrage Movement believe ?

38. “All men and women are created equal”

39. The name of two explorers that explored the Louisiana Purchase

40. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

41. How did Texas become apart of the United States?

42. It was annexed (added) after the winning their own independence from Mexico

43. How did the US get California/Mexican Cession territory?

44. The US gained California/Mexican Cession after winning the war with Mexico (treaty )

45. What type of economic opportunities were in the West?

46. -Logging -gold mining -farming

47. Who are the 3 Suffragists we learned about?

48. 1.Elizabeth Cady Stanton 2.Isabel Sojourner Truth- a former enslaved African American 3. Susan B. Anthony

49. What is the definition of an inventor?

50. A person who is the first to think of something or make something

51. What is the definition of an entrepreneur?

52. A person who organized resources to bring a new or better good or services to the market to make money

53. Who are abolitionists?

54. People who are against slavery and believe it is morally wrong, inhumane, and against the principles of democracy

55. What is a suffragist?

56. A person who is fighting for voting rights, especially women’s right to vote.