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| William Clark | Meriwether Lewis chose him to co-lead the expedition. He drew the first accurate maps of the American West. (307, 312) |
| Corps of Discovery | The name for the approximately 40 men led by Lewis & Clark on a journey to the West. (307) |
| Haiti | The present-day name for the French colony of Saint-Domingue that fought France to win their independence. (320-321) |
| Thomas Jefferson | He was the President that made the Louisiana Purchase & planned the Lewis & Clark expedition. (320-321) |
| Mississippi River | American farmers shipped their crops down this river to New Orleans to get paid. (320-321) |
| New Orleans | The city at the mouth of the Mississippi River where American farmers on the western frontier could sell their crops. (320-321) |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | He overthrew the revolutionary government in France to take power in 1799. In 1803, he sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States. (320-321) |
| Missouri River | Lewis & Clark struggled against the current of this river on the first leg of their journey into the Louisiana Territory. (307, 322-323) |
| Sacagawea | She was a teen aged Shoshone who guided, and translated, for the Lewis & Clark expedition. (308-311) |
| Louisiana Purchase | The United States paid $15 million in this deal for the Louisiana Territory that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. (321) |
| Meriwether Lewis | President Jefferson trained him to lead a journey to the West. In his journal, he described almost 300 species of plants & animals new to science. (307, 322) |
| B&O Railroad | To compete with New York City & the Erie Canal, a group of businessmen built this railroad to connect Baltimore with interior cities, such as Cincinnati and St. Louis. It eventually carried steam-powered locomotives. (341) |
| Erie Canal | When this constructed waterway opened in 1825, it allowed goods to be shipped between New York City and the Great Lakes region much faster and cheaper. (340-341) |
| Appalachian Mountains | This steep, densely wooded mountain range presented a geographical barrier between thriving eastern port cities (New York City, Boston, Charleston) and interior regions of the United States. (340-341) |
| Mississippi River | The mighty river that flows from Minnesota south to the Gulf of Mexico played a major role in the early-1800's as steamboats transported people and goods. (342-343) |
| Hudson River | Canals connect bodies of water. The Erie Canal connected the Great Lakes with the ______________. ((340-341) |
| Baltimore | The B&O Railroad was an abbreviation for the ________ & Ohio Railroad because it connected this city with interior states, like Ohio. (341) |
| National Road | When this major road built by the federal government opened in 1811, it connected the East with growing states in the Northwest Territory, like Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Mail, goods and settlers moved more quickly. (340-341) |
| assimilate | Encouraged by the U.S. government, the Cherokee did many things to _________, or adopt, European ways of life. (376) |
| Indian Territory | Land reserved for relocated Native Americans, mostly in the Oklahoma Territory. (376) |
| Andrew Jackson | The President who supported the removal Native American nations in 1830's. (376) |
| Trail of Tears | The 1838 forced journey of the Cherokee to Indian Territory. Conditions were terrible; 4,000 Cherokee died. (381) |
| Indian Removal Act | A federal law that required Native American nations to sign treaties with the United States to sell their land and move to reserved lands, known as Indian Territory. (376) |
| Supreme Court | In 1832, this high court ruled that removing the Cherokee under the Indian Removal Act would violate previous treaties, and was, therefore, unconstitutional. (381) |
| John Ross | He led the 17,000 Cherokee that resisted a removal treaty and tried to remain on Cherokee lands. (381) |
| Osceola | The Seminole leader who used guerrilla tactics to resist the removal of the Seminole from Florida. (378-379) |
| Seminole | Florida Native Americans that would seek refuge in the swampy Everglades of South Florida. (378-379) |
