Westward Expansion Vocabulary Flashcards
What is the Mississippi River?
The longest river in the united states flowing from minnesota to the gulf of mexico.
What is New Orleans?
Largest city in southern Louisiana, and a major port.
What are the Great Plains?
A flat, dry land area with rich soil in the midwest.
Indian Territory
Land set aside by the indian removal act of 1830 as a place for the Native Americans forced from homelands.
Rocky mountains
A high, rugged mountain chain in western North America, stretching from Alaska into New Mexico
William Clark
1770-1818 explorer of the Louisiana territory with Meriwether Lewis. He was brothers of George Rodgers Clark.
Meriwether Lewis
1774-1809 United States army officer and scout, who explored the Louisiana territory with William Clark from 1803-1806
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
1743-1826 third president of the united states from 1809. He was the author of the Declaration of the Independence and was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase.
Sacagawea
1787?- 1812 (They think 1787) shoshone translator for the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1805 to 1806.
Napoleon Bonaparte
1769-1821 Emperor of France who sold the Louisiana territory to the United States in 1803.
What was the word frontier?
A word used by settlers to describe land beyond there settlements.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
The territory purchased by the United States from 1803, reaching from the Mississippi River to the rocky mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
Reservation
An area set aside for Native Americans.
Pioneer
A person who creates a path, usually to make a new home and lead to settlement.
Expedition
A journey made for a special purchase.
