a journey to achieve a goal

Escaped slave who helped others to freedom on the Underground Railroad

A machine invented by Samuel Morse

we rushed to California in 1849 because we wanted to become rich

This movement called for an end to slavery

To gain possession of

Helped organize the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls

A boat invented by Robert Fulton

In 1848 settlers found this in California

The process of US settlers moving to areas west of the Mississippi River

An area of land ruled by a national government with no representatives in the government

Freed slave who was an abolitionist and supported the women's right movement. Gave a speech "Ain't I A Woman"

An apparatus that sends messages over long distances

The only state that was an independent nation before becoming a state

After learning of Lewis and Clark's expedition, many people moved west to this territory

Someone who joined the movement to abolish slavery

Commander of Lewis and Clark Expedition, President Jefferson's personal secretary

A steam powered engine

The Mexicans and Texans fought at this old church

The port President Jefferson sent representatives to buy from France

The right to vote

Frontiersman, good at drawing maps, navigating rivers, and understanding geography; friend of Meriwether Lewis

A boat powered by steam invented by Robert Fulton

Doubled the size of the United States

The discovery of gold in California caused this