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Westward Expansion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Westward Expansion | -Moving westward -Northwest Ordinance -Manifest Destiny -Annexation of Texas |
| 1803 | Louisiana Purchase |
| Early 1800s | When the US expanded the most |
| 60,000 People | Under the Northwest Ordinance (1787) territories applying for statehood had to have a self-government and ____________ ______________. |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Treaty of ___________ _______ (1848) ends the war, grants the United States the Mexican Cession for $15 million - includes territory found today in the modern states of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and California |
| Mexican Cession | Territory gained from war with Mexico in 1848 as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| Louisiana Purchase | Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota |
| New Mexico | Which one is not a part of the Louisiana territory: Arkansas, Missouri, or New Mexico? |
| Arizona | Which one is not a part of the Louisiana territory: Kansas, Arizona, or Minnesota? |
| Lewis and Clark | Sacagawea from the Shoshone tribe acted as an interpreter and guide on the _____ and _______ expedition. |
| Manifest Destiny | Expanding the nation's borders/territory to provide security and a desire to expand democracy political root of |
| Texas | President Polk desired to expand the United States (Manifest Destiny) and annexed the Republic of ________ in 1845. |
| troops | Rio Grande was claimed by the United States and disputed by Mexico. Polk sent U.S. ______ to patrol the disputed area. |
| Railroad | United States paid Mexico $10 million for the Gadsden Purchase for area to put in a ______________. |
| west | Many settlers moved ______________ to improve their lives and find riches mining. |
| France | U.S. bought Louisiana territory from? |
| Mexico | The U.S. gained Mexican Cession from ___ after the Mexican- American War. |
| Mexico | The U.S. purchased Gadsen Territory from_______. |
| Mexico | Texas gained independence from ________________. |
| land | A new life and cheap ____________ lured European immigrants to the U.S. during 1800's. |
| California | People flooded into ___________ when gold was discovered. |
| rivers | Moving westward you could follow a trail or boat down navigable _______. |
| Mississippi River | Most trails and all new territories post 1803 were west of the ________________ _____________ |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | way to create states |
| Democracy | Self-Government |
| US-Mexican War | Border Dispute between the Rio Grande and Nueces, land claimed by both Mexico and the U.S. Polk sent soldiers to the area and war started. |
| Part of Mexico | California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah |
| Gold Rush | California |
| Potato Famine | Disease in the potato that caused the Irish to come to the U.S. |
| Persecuted | Why Mormons headed west |
| Chinese | Came across Pacific to help in the Gold Rush and build the Transcontinental Railroad |
| Germans | Came for economic reasons, and brought Kindergarten and Polka over. |
| Technology | Railroads and the telegraph |
| Bison | forced out of their habitat by new forms of technology like the railroad. |
| Navigable Rivers | Missouri River and Mississippi River located in the Louisiana territory help make settling in the area easier. |
| new types of technology and transportation | Manifest destiny brought ______________ to the west. |
| Utah | Mormon trail ended here and they settled. |
| Irish | Worked in factories in urban areas after leaving their home when the Potato Famine hit. |
| California | Polk believed _______________ to have many ways to make money. |
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