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Jay's Treaty
1794- british and us agreed- british trade w/ americans and the british leave northwest territory -
National Road
First national road building project funded by Congress. It made travel and transportation of goods much easier because it was one continuous road that was in good condition. -
Santa Fe Trail
One of the most busiest and most well-known avenues of trade was the Santa Fe Trail, which led 780 miles from independenc, Missouri, to old Native American trails and new routes. -
Indian Removal Act.
Passed in 1830, authorized Andrew Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi. The treaties enacted under this act's provisions paved the way for the reluctant—and often forcible—emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West. -
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict fought in 1832 between the United States and Native Americans headed by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos known as the "British Band" crossed the Mississippi River into the U.S. -
Oregon Trail
2,000 mile-long western route which stretched from Independence across the Great Plains and the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains 1836 -
Trail of Tears
Begining in October and November of 1838, the Cherokee were sent off in groups of about 1,000 each on the long journey. The 800-mile trip was made partly by steamboat and raildroad but mostly on foot. As the winter came on, more and more Cherokee died en route -
"54 40" or flight"
Was a slogan pretty much forcing Brittian to give the rest of the disputed territory of Oregon. -
Annexation of Texas
Texas seceded from Mexico and declared independence in response to Mexican abolition of slavery. US adopts/annexes Texas because Southern states support Texas slavery. The North fearded expansion of slavery and war with Mexico -
Mecian-American War
Polk wanted tdo also aquire California/New Mexico region. Polk resorted to an agressive method by sending troops to disputed area. US declared war on Mex. when hostilities arose. Americans captured Mexico City. Santa Anna fled, -
Mormons settle in Utah
Mormons were a people of a religion, were always being persecuted by whites about their religion, even though in the constituttion they had the free right to practice their religion. But instead they decided to move out of Americas grab, Going North-West. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
When Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande border for Texas and ceded New Mexico and California to the United States, for 15 million dollars. -
The California Gold Rush
1849 (San Francisco 49ers) Gold discovered in California attracted a rush of people all over the country to San Francisco. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Treaty under which government agreed to close Bozeman trail, and Sioux agreed to live on reserve along Missouri River. The Sioux were forced into this treaty. The treaty was only a temporary to warfare between Native Americans and Whites -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase was the 1853 treaty in which the United States bought from Mexico parts of what is now southern Arizona and southern New Mexico. Southerners wanted this land in order to build southern transcontinental railroad. The heated debate over this issue in the Senate demonstrates the prevalence of sectional disagreement.
