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Western Aquisitions

Western Aquisitions

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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JAVIER LEAL

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11 Slides • 9 Questions

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Gaining lands

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Lesson Objectives

We will- Analyze the westward growth of the United States

I will- fill in a map of the U.S that identifies its territorial expansions in the 1800's

Essential Question:
What lands did the U.S gain during its quest to reach the Pacific Ocean?

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Multiple Choice

What is Manifest Destiny?

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The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America

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The belief that their destiny was to manifest

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A religious term used to explain how to be saved

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Loyalty to a section of the country over the country as a whole

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Multiple Choice

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What purchase was made by the United States Government that acquired the land seen in this image?

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The Louisiana Purchase

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The Great Purchase

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The French Purchase

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The Middle Purchase

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Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?

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to control Indians in the Northwest Territory

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to set a path to statehood and establish rights for settlers

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to convince more colonists to fight for independence

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to give states a process for collecting taxes

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Multiple Choice

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Open the picture and select the correct answer

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A

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B

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C

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D

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Match

Match the following

Unalienable Rights

grievances

Northwest Ordinance

Declaration of Independence

Treaty of Paris

Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Happiness

complaints against the King

1787, process of admitting new states into U.S.

1776, proclaimed U.S is a free nation

1783, USA is independent

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Original 13 colonies

  • Composed of the first 13 states

  • Won from England

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Gained in the Treaty of Paris in 1783

Northwest Territory

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Bought from France for $15 million.
Doubled the size of the U.S to the Rocky mountains.

Louisiana Purchase 1803

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Land given to the U.S by England in 1818

British Cession

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Gained from Spain in a treaty

Florida Cession 1819

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Texas joins U.S in 1845
U.S assumes all of the debt Texas had.

Texas Annexation 1845

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Given to U.S from Mexico after the Mexican-American War

Mexican Cession 1848

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Gained through a treaty with England in 1848

Oregon Territory 1848

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Land bought by U.S from Mexico
Used to build a railroad

Gadsden Purchase 1853

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Multiple Choice

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What area is D?

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Texas Annexation

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Florida Cession

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Mexico Cession

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Oregon Territory

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Multiple Choice

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How did we acquire area 4?
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Negotiation with Britain
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Conquest
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Florida Cession
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Mexican Cession

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Multiple Choice

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What area does I represent?

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Gadsden Purchase

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Mexican Cession

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Oregon Territory

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Louisiana Purchase

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Multiple Choice

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What area does G represent?

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Mexican Cession

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Louisiana Purchase

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Oregon Territory

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Texas Annexation

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