8th Grade Week 7

Question 0

Annexation?

Answer 0

To add a territory to ones own territory.

Question 1

Manifest Destiny?

Answer 1

Idea popular in the United States during the 1800s that the country must expand its boundaries to the pacific.

Question 2

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Answer 2

Treaty signed by the U.S and Mexico to end the U.S Mexican War. Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and agreed to the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico.

Question 4

Gadsden Purchase?

Answer 4

In 1853, the U.S paid Mexico an additional 10 million dollars for a strip of land along the southern edge of the present day states of Arizona and New Mexico.With the Gadsden purchase the U.S mainland reached its present size.

Question 5

Oregon Treaty?

Answer 5

Land claimed by both the United States and Great Britain. This was an ongoing dispute until Treaty of 1816, which set the boundary at the 49th parailed, where it is today.

Question 6

Mexican Cession?

Answer 6

Mexico gave up its provinces of California and New Mexico to the U.S. In return U.S gave Mexico 15 million dollars.