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West Ward Expansion Flashcards

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where newly settled areas meet unsettled, but not necessarily uninhabited, areas

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Frontier

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Meaning of Frontier

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where newly settled areas meet unsettled, but not necessarily uninhabited, areas

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a person who translates from one language to another?

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Interpreter

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Meaning of Interpreter

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a person who translates from one language to another

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An area of land?

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Territory

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Meaning of Territory

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An area of land

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A formal agreement between two or more groups, especially countries?

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Treaty

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Meaning of Treaty

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A formal agreement between two o more groups, especially countries?

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Needing no help from other people is called?

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Self-reliant

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Meaning of Self-reliant?

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Needing no help from other people

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A railroad engine is called?

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Locomotive

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Meaning of Locomotive?

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A railroad engine

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A settlement built for the purpose of converting Native Americans to Christianity is called?

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Misson

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Meaning of Mission?

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A settlement built for the purpose of converting Native Americans to Christianity

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The distance between the equator and a place north or south of the equator; measure in DEGREES?

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Latitude

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Meaning of Latitude?

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distance between the equator and a place north or south of the equator; measure in DEGREES

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One of the first people to settle in a region?

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Pioneer

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Meaning of Pioneer?

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One of the first people to settle in a region

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Famous hunter and trapper, who found and widened the Warrior’s Path which was a gap through the appalachian mountains?

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Daniel Boone

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Young woman, who helped Lewis and Clark naviage the land and understand the natives living in the areas they were exploring?

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Sacagawea

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Men who were appointed by President Jefferson to explore and report on unsettled areas in the west?

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Lewis and Clark

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Native American who tried to fight back against American settlers who were taking his people’s native land?

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Tecumseh

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A canal that spread fro the Great Lakes to Hudson River to allow farmers to easily ship goods?

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Erie Canal

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A boat invented by Robert Fuller that used a paddle wheel and a steam engine to move?

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Steamboat

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The belief that America should and was designed to spread into the West?

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Manifest Density

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More space, more land, new opportunities, animals to hunt, Manifest Destiny, potential to find gold, escape persecution, be self-reliant, fresh start, etc.

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Reason for Westward Expansion

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What was the reason for Westward Expansion?

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More space, more land, new opportunities, animals to hunt, Manifest Destiny, potential to find gold, escape persecution, be self-reliant, fresh start, etc.

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How did United States get Texas?

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  1. Texas was settled by mostly American Settlers
  2. They created the Republic of Texas
  3. They declare independence from Mexico.
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First fact about how United States got Texas?

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  1. There was a fight between Texas and Mexico, in which Santa Anna (the leader of Mexican Army) was caugh and forced to sign the independence of Texas or be killed.
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Second fact about how United States got Texas?

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2.Many Texans wanted to be a state in the United States, but they allowed slavery, so they had to wait many years before they could be admitted as the 28th State in the United States of America.

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An abandoned Spanish mission which some Texas Settlers tried to take refuge from the Mexican government, which was trying to enforce rules the settlers refused to follow. After a TWELVE days of fighting, the Texans were out of ammunition and were all killed by the Mexican attackers.

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The Alamo

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Not many people lived in Oregon (except Native Americans, who were not really considered in any of the decisions), but Great Britain and the US had four trading companies posted there. After the trek via the Oregon Trail began, many more people lived in Oregon Country, Great Britain claimed Oregon as theirs, but so did the US. They almost started a war over it, but instead compromised and SPLIT the territory in half.

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How the United States got Oregon

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After gold was found in California, many people moved out west, hoping to strike it rich. These people were often “FORTY-NINERS” since the rush west was in 1849. Many people became rich, but not often from finding gold. Sellers of picks and other mining equipment and goods were able to charge a lot of money and become wealthy from the forty-niners money.

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California Gold Rush

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