| A | B |
| goods made by hand | now made by machines in factories |
| Industrial Revolution | After this, production increased and costs decreased |
| National Road | this stretched from Maryland to Illinois |
| steam engine | made travel even easier over both land and water |
| steamboats | could move people and goods quickly and cheaply |
| Erie Canal | linked Hudson River and the Great Lakes |
| Battle of San Jacinto | ended the war between the Texans and the Mexicans |
| Rio Grande | the US claimed that this should be the border between Texas and Mexico |
| Mexico had to give up... | much of its northern territory to the US |
| Oregon Trail | stretched from Missouri to the West Coast |
| Mormon Trail | stretched from Illinois to the Great Salt Lake |
| California Constitution | gave married women the right to own property |
| Many people did not want this to become a state: | California |