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 U.S during the 1800’s that the country bmust expand its boundaries to the pacific

Question 2

Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo

Answer 2

Treaty signed between the U.S the Mexico to end the US Mexican war Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and agreed to the rio grande as the border between

Question 3

Mexican Cession

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Gadsden purchase
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 whit the Gadsden purchase the U.S. Mainland reached its present size

Answer 4

Gadsden Purchase

Question 5

Oregon Territory

Answer 5

Land claimed by both U.S and Great Britain this was an ongoing dispute until the treaty of 1846 which set the boundary at the 49th parallel where it is today