Manifest Destiny Flashcards
Purchased from the French/Napoleon, doubled the size of the USA
Louisiana Purchase
Led By Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. lasted 28 months.
Purpose: was to find all water routes. to explore and map out the land. trade with natives
Lewis and Clark Expedition
USA vs. Great Britain. 2nd war for independence.
The War of 1812
wanted war with Great Britain
war hawks
Leader of the War Hawks
Henry Clay
led USA forces to victory against Tecumseh and his Indian confederacy at the battles of Tippecanoe/ Thames
William Henry Harrison
hero at battle of new Orleans (last battle of the war)
Andrew Jackson
hero at battle of lake Erie: “we have met the enemy and they are ours”
Oliver Hazard Perry
Washington D.C/white house, capitol set on fire
Battle of Bladensburg
writer of the star-spangled banner at the battle of fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
“Old Ironsides”-makes a name for itself- oldest commission ship in the world
USS constitution
Ended the war
Treaty of Ghent
the belief that it was the Americans god given right to spread out over the continent
Manifest Destiny
Coined the term manifest destiny
John O’Sullivan
Area between the Rocky Mountains and the pacific ocean. USA, British, Spain, and Russia all claimed it
Oregon Country
Russia drops its claim on Oregon country
Russo-American Treaty
Spain drops its claim on Oregon Country
Adams-Onis Treaty
Fur trappers who spent most of the year in the mountains-Beaver pelts
Mountain Men
Most well-known American mountain man. first to California
Jedidiah Smith
American merchant- started a furrier company, became very wealthy
John Jacob Astor
Was a gathering of the mountain men once a year.
Trade/sell furs-swap stories/have contests-lasted about 2 weeks
Rendezvous
came west after the mountain men
Missionaries
opened a mission to work with native Americans. letters they sent back east gave descriptions of the beauty of the west- they eventually brought pioneers west
Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcisa
Went from St. Louis/independence (Missouri) to Portland (Oregon)
Oregon Trail
