Westward Expansion - NO!LFTOMG

Westward Expansion - NO!LFTOMG

You will analyze the westward growth of the United States.

Read each slide carefully to learn Westward Expansion to answer the questions correctly.

Westward Expansion Vocabulary

Learn the following words to understand the Quizizz easier.

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an agreement between two nations

• cede/cession

• acquire / acquisition

• treaty

• territory

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to give up land to another country.

• cede/cession

• acquire / acquisition

• treaty

• territory

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to get, buy or obtain something like land

• cede/cession

• acquire / acquisition

• treaty

• territory

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land claimed by a nation

• cede/cession

• acquire / acquisition

• treaty

• territory

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land added to a nation

• cede/cession

• annex / annexation

• treaty

• territory

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What does NO!LFTOMG stand for?

• the territories acquired by the US in order

• the territories lost by the US in war.

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What is the sentence that will help you remember the land the US acquired different territories.

• No! Look for the old man's gold!

• Love can save you too

• All the ladies live in the South.

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What country did the US get the Northwest Ordinance from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Mexico

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How did the US get the Northwest Ordinance?

• Divided the territory with Great Britain

• In the Treaty of Paris after the American Revolution

• Won from Mexico in the US-Mexican War.

• Bought from Mexico for a transcontinental railroad

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What is the most important thing to remember about the Northwest Ordinance?

• The Northwest Ordinance completed America's Manifest Destiny

• The Northwest Ordinance established public schools

• The Northwest Ordinance established a process for territories to become states.

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What country did the US get the Louisiana Purchase from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Mexico

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How did the US get the Louisiana Purchase?

• Divided the territory with Great Britain

• Bought from France for 5 million dollars (3 cents and acre)

• Won from Mexico in the US-Mexican War.

• Bought from Mexico for a transcontinental railroad

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What country did the US get Florida from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Mexico

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How did the US get Florida?

• Bought from Spain after troubles at the border

• Bought from France for 5 million dollars (3 cents and acre)

• Won from Mexico in the US-Mexican War.

• Bought from Mexico for a transcontinental railroad

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What country did the US get Texas from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Republic of Texas

• Mexico

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How did the US get Texas?

• Bought from Spain after troubles at the border

• Bought from France for 5 million dollars (3 cents and acre)

• Won from Mexico in the US-Mexican War.

• the Republic of Texas voted to annex itself to the US

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What country did the US get Oregon from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Republic of Texas

• Mexico

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How did the US get Oregon?

• Divided the territory with Great Britain.

• Bought from France for 5 million dollars (3 cents and acre)

• Won from Mexico in the US-Mexican War.

• the Republic of Texas voted to annex itself to the US

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What country did the US get the Mexican Cession from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Republic of Texas

• Mexico

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How did the US get the Mexican Cession?

• Divided the territory with Great Britain.

• Bought from France for 5 million dollars (3 cents and acre)

• Won from Mexico in the US-Mexican War and ceded in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

• the Republic of Texas voted to annex itself to the US

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What country did the US get the Gadsden Purchase from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Republic of Texas

• Mexico

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How did the US get the Gadsden Purchase?

• Divided the territory with Great Britain.

• Bought from France for 5 million dollars (3 cents and acre)

• Won from Mexico in the US-Mexican War and ceded in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

• bought from Mexico to build a southern transcontinental railroad.

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Which THREE territories were originally colonized by Spain? (psst - think about which ones have Spanish names)

• Texas

• Mexico

• Florida

• Northwest Ordinance

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Which map shows Oregon?

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Which territory was bought from Mexico to build a transcontinental railroad in the South?

• Florida

• Gadsden Purchase

• Mexican Cession

Multiple Choice

Which territory was acquired from Spain?

• Florida

• Gadsden Purchase

• Mexican Cession

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Which territory was acquired after Congress declared war on Mexico over border disputes?

• Florida

• Gadsden Purchase

• Mexican Cession

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What did Chinese and Irish immigrants work on that impacted Westward Expansion?

• the Transcontinental Railway

• the Erie Canal

• Route 66