History-Westward Expansion

Question 1

The belief that God had planned for the US to occupy all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Answer 1

Manifest Destiny

Question 2

This was the whole middle part of the US. It belonged to Spain and France. We bought it from France.

Answer 2

Louisiana Purchase

Question 3

President Jefferson sent them on a journey west to survey the land and report their findings to him.

Answer 3

Lewis and Clark

Question 4

The Texas defeated Mexico and became their own country called the Republic of Texas. 10 years later they joined the US.

Answer 4

Annexation of Texas

Question 5

This land was “given” to the US after the war with Mexico.

Answer 5

Mexican Cession

Question 6

A small piece of land that we bought from Mexico to finish the Transcontinental Railroad.

Answer 6

Gadsden Purchase

Question 7

The northern (upper) trail out West. It was used mostly by settlers.

Answer 7

Oregon Trail

Question 8

It stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Answer 8

Transcontinental Railroad

Question 9

In 1848 gold was discovered. 300,000 people went to California to get rich.

Answer 9

California Gold Rush

Question 10

The nickname given to California gold hunters.

Answer 10

49ers

Question 11

MAP: Original place that would become the “United States” before the revolution against Britain. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 11

Original 13 Colonies

Question 12

MAP: West of the Appalachian Mountains and the original 13 states, this land was inhabited by Indians and is the first area the US expanded westward into.

Answer 12

The United States - 1783

Question 13

MAP: This large swath of land lying west of the Mississippi River in the central part of the continent nearly doubled the size of the US when we bought it.

Answer 13

Louisiana Purchase - 1803

Question 14

MAP: This small strip of land north of the Louisiana Purchase was given to the US by Britain.

Answer 14

The British Cession - 1818

Question 15

MAP: This peninsula south of the original colonies that later became Florida was once claimed by both France and Spain.

Answer 15

The Spanish Cession - 1819

Question 16

MAP: The land was a Republic after gaining its independence from Mexico in 1836. It later became a state.

Answer 16

Texas Annexation - 1845

Question 17

MAP: This land in the northwest was acquired from Britain and gave the US a pathway all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Answer 17

The Oregon Territory - 1846

Question 18

MAP: This land that contained what would later become several southwestern states and California was ceded to the US after war with Mexico.

Answer 18

The Mexican Cession - 1848

Question 19

MAP: This small strip of land along the border with Mexico was purchased to complete the continental United States during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Answer 19

The Gadsden Purchase - 1853