U.S. chapter 12 Flashcards
frontier
land with a few people of west settled areas
flatboat
long boat with flat bottom
dictator
one who rules by force and allows his people little or no freedom
ghost towns
former mining towns full of empty buildings where no one lives
Daniel Boone
pioneer who began the settlement of Kentucky; called “the pioneer of pioneers”
Wilderness Road
trail cleared by Daniel Boone in Kentucky
Land Ordinance of 1785
law that divided the northwest territory into townships and demanded that one section of land in each township be set aside for a public school
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
law that guaranteed that the freedom and democracy the original states enjoyed would also be present in the territories
Louisiana Purchase
section of land purchased from France by President Jefferson that doubled the size of the united states
Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark
young men who led an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase
Sacagawea
Indian women who went with the Lewis and Clark expedition to translate the Indian language
Napoleon Bonaparte
French ruler who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States
War of 1812
war fought between the United States and England; neither country won the war
Francis Scott Key
man who wrote “The Star Spangled Banner” during the battle of Fort McHenry
President James Monroe
President who purchased Florida from Spain
Francis Asbury
famous circuit-riding preacher
Peter Cartwright
one of the best circuit - riding preacher
General Santa Anna
Mexican dictator who tried to crush the Texans rebellion
Davy Crockett
famous frontiersman who died fighting at the Alamo
General Sam Houston
leader of Texans in their fight for Independence
President James K. Polk
President during the Mexican War
Gadson Purchase
section of land in the Southwest Purchased from Mexico in order to build a railroad
John Sutter
man on whose land gold discovered in California in 1848
forty-niners
nickname for the people who flocked to California to find gold in 1849
gold rush
name given to the great movement of gold seekers to California
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
husband and wife who were missionaries to the Indians in Oregon
Noah Webster
writer of the first American dictionary and history and reading textbook, including the Blue-backed Speller
William H. McGuffey
author of a series of readers that were used in American schools
Boonesborough
pioneer settlement in Kentucky named after Daniel Boone
Fort McHenry
during a siege on this fort, “The Star- Spangled Banner was written
Northwest Territory
large piece of land that eventually became the states of Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota
Alamo
Spanish mission where 187 men fighting for Texans were killed by Mexico
San Jacinto
place where the Texans defeated the Mexicans armys
Rio Grande
river that forms the border between Texans and Mexicans
Oregon Territory
land that eventually became the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as part of Montana and Wyoming
1803
Louisiana Purchase
1812-1815
war of 1812
1819
Florida is purchased from spain
1846-1848
Mexican War
1848
gold is discovered in California
1853
Gadsden Purchase
