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A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances

telegraph

the belief that the United States had a right to expand its borders and claim new lands

Manifest Destiny

an engine that is powered by the energy produced by steam

steam engine

2000 mile long path along which thousands of Americans journeyed to the Willamette Valley in the 1840's.

Oregon Trail

Religious followers who established a settlement in Utah

Mormons

People who went to California looking for Gold (They left in 1849)

forty-niners

an abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution

Alamo

wrote the Star Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key

a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.

Cotton Gin

Self-appointed law enforcers

Vigilante

Identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers

interchangeable parts

Invented the cotton gin

Eli Whitney

extending the nation beyond its existing borders.

Expansion

A journey made for a special purpose

expedition

A Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark

Sacagawea

practice of having more than one spouse at a time

polygamy

11th President of the United States from Tennessee; committed to westward expansion; led the country during the Mexican War; during his administration

James Polk

Army captain appointed by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and lands west to the Pacific Ocean

Meriwether Lewis

a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

immigrant

President who changed the boundaries of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase.

Thomas Jefferson

not taking sides

neutral

To give up

cede

A skilled mapmaker and outdoorsman chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory

William Clark

a person who settles in a part of a country and prepares it for others

pioneer

British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service

Impressment