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USI.8 - Westward Expansion - Flashcards

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Louisiana PurchaseJefferson bought from France and it doubled the size of the U.S.
Lewis and Clarkexplored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
FloridaSpain gave this to the United States through a treaty
Texasthis was added after it became an independent republic
Oregon Territorythis was divided by the United States and Great Britain.
CaliforniaWar with Mexico resulted in this and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States.
Geography and Economic Opportunitythese factors influenced westward migration
Manifest Destinythe idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country
Eli Whitneyinvented the Cottin Gin
Cotton GinIt increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton.
Cyrus McCormickInvented the reaper with Jo Anderson.
Reaperincreased the productivity of the American farmer
Robert Fultoninvented the steamboat
Steamboatprovided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries
Steam Locomotiveprovided faster land transportation
Abolitionistsworked to end slavery
Harriet Tubmana woman who was a slave and who later became an abolitionist and a conductor of the Underground Railroad
William Lloyd GarrisonAmerican abolitionist, who founded the influential antislavery newspaper The Liberator
Frederick Douglasshe was a slave who became an abolitionist, orator and writer
Suffrage Movementhelped women gain equal rights
Isabel Sojourner Trutha former slave who campaigned for women's rights
Susan B. Anthonyled the struggle to gain the vote for women
Elizabeth Cady Stantonhelped organize the first women's rights convention in the United States


History Teacher
L. Douglas Wilder Middle School

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