Western Expansion/Manifest Destiny Review

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The belief that the United States was destined to stretch all the way across the continent of North America

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Manifest Destiny

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The purchase of Louisiana

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doubled the size of the United States and gave control of the Mississippi River

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How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide for the orderly expansion of the United States?

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It provided procedures for establishing territories and creating states.

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As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?

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They were forced to live in reservations.

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What states were part of the Mexican Cession? Options: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada

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California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada

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How did the U.S. acquire Oregon?

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treaty with the British

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In June 1846, this treaty was signed between Britain and the United States. Provisions included: The boundary between Canada and the United States was set at the 49th parallel.

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Treaty of Washington

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In the Missouri Compromise, was slavery and involuntary servitude forever prohibited in the territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes’ north latitude?

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True

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What was the name of the treaty where Mexico ceded half of its land to the United States? Options: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of San Jacinto, Treaty of Mesa Verde, Treaty of Alama Gordo

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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The United States purchased Florida from? France, Great Britain, Mexico, Spain

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Spain