Westward Expansion Map Challenge

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What is #1 on the map? Options: Original 13 Colonies, Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, Treaty of Paris 1783

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Original 13 Colonies

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What is #8 on the map? Options: Oregon Territory, Florida Cession, Texas Annexation, Gadsden Purchase

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Gadsden Purchase

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Why did we buy the Gadsden Purchase?

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To complete the Transcontinental Railroad

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Which territory was bought by using the implied powers of the presidency?

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Louisiana Purchase

Answer explanation

Thomas Jefferson had to go against his own beliefs when the Constitution did not say if a president could buy additional territory for the US. He did it anyways....

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What is #2 on the map?

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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What is #3 on the map?

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Louisiana Purchase

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What is #4 on the map?

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Florida (Spanish) Cession

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What is #5 on the map?

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Texas Annexation

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What is #6 on the map?

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Oregon Country

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What is #7 on the map?

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Mexican Cession