| A | B |
| Narrow waterway dug for boat travel | canal |
| water elevator | lock |
| formal agreement between countries | treaty |
| fur trappers in the West | Mountain Men |
| Military leader for Texas independence | Sam Houston |
| Steamboat | Robert Fulton |
| U.S. got lots of the West from | Mexico and Great Britain |
| Water travel | Faster/Cheaper (money honey!) |
| Texas boarder dispute | War with Mexico |
| "oregon fever" | Lots of people move west |
| "gold fever" | More people move wes |
| new inventions | more factories |
| Cotton Gin | increas factories and slavery |
| new ways to travel | white settlement of west easier |
| Erie Canal | easy, fast, cheap shipping of goods and people |
| "Remember the Alamo" | Battle Cry of Texans fighting for independence from Mexico |
| Mormons forced out of the Eastern States | Start Salt Lake City Utah for religious freedom |
| mass production | more goods made in less time (money honey!) |