Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

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Social Studies

6th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which river is the first gateway to the West?

Back

Ohio River

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

When Jefferson was president, who did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory from?

Back

France

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the size of the United States?

Back

doubled it

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who was sent on an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory?

Back

Lewis and Clark

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which two rivers did Lewis and Clark travel? Options: Ohio and Hudson, Ohio and Mississippi, Rio Grande and Colorado, Missouri and Columbia

Back

Missouri and Columbia

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which country ceded Florida to the United States?

Back

Spain

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the name of the treaty that gave Florida to the United States?

Back

Adams-Onis Treaty

8.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What impact did the invention of the steamboat have on the United States?

Back

It connected farms of the South with the industry of the North.

9.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the belief that westward expansion, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, was for the good of       our country and it was the right of Americans.?

Back

Manifest Destiny