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Expansion and Migration
Oregon Trail |
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| Trail leading to fertile land in the northwest |
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Expansion and Migration
Santa Fe Trail |
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| Trail for pioneers to the southwest |
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Expansion and Migration
Manifest Destiny |
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| U.S. expansion was right and even devinely ordained |
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steamboat and locomotive and canals |
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| steam powered boat and train that made transport faster and easier |
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Expansion and Migration
Economic opportunities in the west |
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| farming, logging, gold prospecting (Gold Rush), freedomm for runaway slaves |
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general factors influencing westward migration |
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Definition
| geography and economic opportunity |
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three factors that influenced westward migration |
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Definition
- population growth in the east
- freedom for runaway slaves
- knowledge of overland trails
- available cheap, fertile land
- cheaper, faster transportation
- belief in Manifest Destiny
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The Mexican Cession |
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| California and southwest territory |
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Expansion and Migration
Oregon Territory |
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| treaty divided northwest territory between Great Britain and the U.S. |
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Expansion and Migration
Texas |
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Definition
| Independent republic annexed by U.S. 10 years after its revolution against Mexico |
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Expansion and Migration
Area explored by the Lewis and Clark expedition |
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Definition
| using the Missouri, Columbia, and Snake Rivers they explored from the Mississippi to the Pacific |
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Expansion and Migration
Louisiana Purchase |
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| Jefferson bought from France and doubled U.S. size |
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Expansion and Migration
Age of territorial expansion and settlement |
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Expansion and Migration
Florida |
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| Treaty canceled debt with Spain to add this territory to the U.S. |
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Definition
| Improved the steamboat and ran commercial steamboat to Albany, NY |
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Invention
Cyrus McCormick |
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Definition
| invented the reaper which mechanized harvesting and increased productivity of American farmer |
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| inventor of cotton gin and introduced mass production/ interchangeable parts to American manufacture |
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Invention
Four important inventions between 1800-1850 |
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Definition
- cotton gin
- reaper
- steamboat
- steam locomotive
- telegraph
- sewing machine
- camera
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Vocabulary
Industry
Industrial
Industrialization
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| Manufacture; organized economic activity where product is constructed or produced |
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| region first industrialized using water power |
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Vocabulary
Mass production |
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| Making many products at once |
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Definition
| One of the first to enter or settle an area, region |
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| the edge of a country or settled area |
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Definition
| a country where the people vote for representatives to serve in government |
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Vocabulary
Annex
Annexation |
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| the addition of an area to the country |
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| land, an area owned and controlled by the U.S. government (but not yet a state) |
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| the act of giving up territory |
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Vocabulary
expand
expansion |
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Acquisition
Acquire |
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| territory that has been bought or obtained |
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Vocabulary
steam locomotive |
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