| A | B |
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| Sold the Louisiana Territory to the USA | Napoleon |
| The Louisiana Purchase __________ the size of the US | Doubled |
| This territory was divided between the US and Great Britain | Oregon |
| Lewis & Clark explored the Louisiana Territory from the _____________ River t the _____________ | Mississippi, Pacific Ocean |
| The US acquired this territory though a treaty with Spain | Florida |
| War with Mexico resulted in this territory, as well as the rest of the SW becoming part of the US | California |
| This territory was added as a state after it was an independent republic | Texas |
| Population growth in the _______________ states was a reason for Western expansion | Eastern |
| The availability of ____________, fertile land encouraged people to move west | cheap |
| What year was the California Gold Rush? | 1849 |
| Did most prospectors get rich? | No |
| What was the most important impact of inventions such as the steamboat and steam locomotive? | they allowed people to move west more easily, faster, and for less money |
| What were two overland trails used to move west? | Oregon & Santa Fe |
| If you believed in Manifest Destiny, what did you believe? | Americans had the God-given right to move west. |
| What function did the cotton gin serve? | picked seeds out of the cotton |
| Did Robert Fulton invent the steamboat? | No, he improved it |
| What impact did the reaper have on America? | increased the productivity of the American farmer |
| Abolitionists believed slavery was a violation of the principles of... | Democracy |
| About how many trips did Harriet Tubman take into the South to help enslaved African Americans escape? | 15 |
| What newspaper did William Lloyd Garrison write? | the Liberator |
| what was Frederick Douglass' newspaper called and why was it named that? | The North Star, because slaves using the Underground Railroad followed the North Star as a guide out of the South |
| Women's rights advocates believed "all men & women _________________" | Are created equal |
| T of F: women had limited property owning rights? | True |
| Susan B Anthony fought for ______________ | Women's suffrage |
| Did the women's suffrage movement continue after the Civil War? | Yes |
| Which suffragette's speech in Senecca Falls, NY was critical to the women's rights movement? | Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| Why did the cotton gin increase the need for slave labor? | Because they were able to seperate the seeds from the cotton faster, so they needed the cotton picked from the fields faster. |
| Did many Americans believe in Manifest Destiny? | Yes |
