| A | B |
|---|
| Lewis and Clark | explored the west for President Jefferson |
| Louisiana Purchase | territory purchased from France, doubled size of U.S. for 15 million dollars |
| expansionist | believed country needed to become larger if it was to grow and do well |
| Manifest Destiny | "grand plan" which meant people thought it was their God given right to expand their lives and move west |
| Stephen Austin | fulfilled father's dream of beginning a settlement in Texas |
| Santa Anna | took over Mexico's government, defeated Texans at the Alamo |
| Davy Crockett | Tennessee congressman killed at the Alamo, "King of the Wild Frontier" |
| Sam Houston | tricked Santa Anna's army into thinking the Texans wewre retreating; won the final battle between Santa Anna and the Texan settlers |
| annex | take a property and add it to another |
| Texas | "Lone Star Republic" |
| War of 1812 | after this, Britain recognized U.S. territories and U.S. stopped trade with Britain |
| Francis Scott Key | wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" r |
| Eli Whitney | invented cotton gin in 1793 which caused increased growing of cotton in south and increased demand for slaves |
| Thomas Jefferson | president at time of Louisiana Purchase |
| Oregon Territory | divided by U.S. and Great Britain |
| Robert Fulton | improved steamboat |
| Jo Anderson | slave who helped Cyrus McCormick invent the reaper; reaper increased productivity of American farmers |
| steam locomotive | provided faster land transportation |
| Tecumseh | "Shooting Star"; inspired hope, unity, pride, and unity of purpose among Indians |
| moral | having to do with standards of right ot wrong |
| reform | to make better by correcting wrongs or abuses |
| Oregon Trail | main trail west; began in Independence, Missouri and ended in the Northwest |
| Santa Fe Trail | main trail to the Southwest |
| Old Spanish Trail | joined Santa Fe Trail and led to Los Angeles |
| California Trail | branched off from Oregon Trail and headed to Sutter's Fort (present day Sacramento) |
| Missouri Compromise | Missouri admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state to kepp balance |
| Compromise of 1850 | California was a free state; Southwest territories would decide about slavery |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | people decided the slavery issue |
