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Westward Expansion
Virginia SOL unit on Westward Expansion, transportation, invention, vocab
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History
6th Grade
03/14/2010

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Expansion and Migration

Oregon Trail

Definition
Trail leading to fertile land in the northwest
Term

Expansion and Migration

Santa Fe Trail

Definition
Trail for pioneers to the southwest
Term

Expansion and Migration

Manifest Destiny

Definition
U.S. expansion was right and even devinely ordained
Term

Expansion and Migration

steamboat and locomotive and canals

Definition
steam powered boat and train that made transport faster and easier
Term

Expansion and Migration

Economic opportunities in the west

Definition
farming, logging, gold prospecting (Gold Rush), freedomm for runaway slaves
Term

Expansion and Migration

general factors influencing westward migration

Definition
geography and economic opportunity
Term

Expansion and Migration

three factors that influenced westward migration

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
Term

Expansion and Migration

The Mexican Cession

Definition
California and southwest territory
Term

Expansion and Migration

Oregon Territory

Definition
treaty divided northwest territory between Great Britain and the U.S.
Term

Expansion and Migration

Texas

Definition
Independent republic annexed by U.S. 10 years after its revolution against Mexico
Term

Expansion and Migration

Area explored by the Lewis and Clark expedition

Definition
using the Missouri, Columbia, and Snake Rivers they explored from the Mississippi to the Pacific
Term

Expansion and Migration

Louisiana Purchase

Definition
Jefferson bought from France and doubled U.S. size
Term

Expansion and Migration

Age of territorial expansion and settlement

Definition
1801-1861
Term

Expansion and Migration

Florida

Definition
Treaty canceled debt with Spain to add this territory to the U.S.
Term

Invention

Robert Fulton

Definition
Improved the steamboat and ran commercial steamboat to Albany, NY
Term

Invention

Cyrus McCormick

Definition
invented the reaper which mechanized harvesting and increased productivity of American farmer
Term

Invention

Eli Whitney

Definition
inventor of cotton gin and introduced mass production/ interchangeable parts to American manufacture
Term

Invention

Four important inventions between 1800-1850

Definition
  • cotton gin
  • reaper
  • steamboat
  • steam locomotive
  • telegraph
  • sewing machine
  • camera
Term

Vocabulary

Industry

Industrial

Industrialization


Definition
Manufacture; organized economic activity where product is constructed or produced
Term

Invention

North

Definition
region first industrialized using water power
Term

Vocabulary

Mass production

Definition
Making many products at once
Term

Vocabulary

Pioneer

Definition
One of the first to enter or settle an area, region
Term

Vocabulary

Frontier

Definition
the edge of a country or settled area
Term

Vocabulary

Republic

Definition
a country where the people vote for representatives to serve in government
Term

Vocabulary

Annex

Annexation

Definition
the addition of an area to the country
Term

Vocabulary

territory

Definition
land, an area owned and controlled by the U.S. government (but not yet a state)
Term

Vocabulary

Cession

Cede

Definition
the act of giving up territory
Term

Vocabulary

expand

expansion

Definition
increasing in size
Term

Vocabulary

  Acquisition

Acquire

Definition
territory that has been bought or obtained
Term

Vocabulary

steam locomotive

Definition
train, railroad
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