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| Manifest destiny, the annexation of Texas, the Mexican Cession, the Gold Rush | are events from the era known as Westward Expansion
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| Westward expansion occurred during the 19th century or the | 1800s
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| According to the Northwest Ordinance, a territory's population needed to be at least ________ in order for it to become a state. | 60,000 people
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| Americans believed the U.S. had a God-given right to expand westward from the Atlantic to the __________ Ocean. | Pacific Ocean
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| New land for farmers, new resources, new trade routes and markets: these are _________ reasons for westward movement. | economic
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| Mormons seeking refuge from religious persecution is an example of a _________ reason for westward movement. | social
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| The annexation of Texas and a dispute over its borders caused the U.S. to enter a war with _________. | Mexico
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| According to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the U.S. would receive what territory for $15 million? | the area of the Mexican Cession
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| Why did the U.S. buy the land in the Gadsden Purchase in 1853? | to build a railroad
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| The Louisiana Purchase was made in what year? | 1803
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| Florida was purchased in 1819 from what country? | Spain
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| Access to navigable ___ in the the Oregon and Louisiana Territory helped connect farms to port cities along the coast. | rivers
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| The Oregon Trail started in Missouri and ended at the coast of the ________ Ocean. | Pacific
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| The Northwest Ordinance was a law that created an orderly procedure for establishing territories & how they could become _____. | states
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| Discovery of ____ caused a rush of settlers to California in 1849. | gold
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| Americans believed in manifest destiny so they moved __. | westward
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