Westward Expansion

What was the main goal of the Lewis & Clark expedition?

• bring back Native Americans that lived in this territory

• prevent Spain from claiming all the land

• find gold and riches

• explore the land acquired by the Louisiana Purchase

What area is D?

• Texas Annexation

• Florida Cession

• Mexico Cession

• Oregon Territory

What area is C?

• Texas Annexation

• Original 13 colonies

• Louisiana Purchase

• Oregon Territory

What area is A

• Florida

• Ohio River Valley

• ceded by Great Britain

• Original 13 Colonies

What area is B?

• Texas Annexation

• Original 13 colonies

• Treaty of Paris (Revolutionary War)

• Mexican Cession

What area does H represent?

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

• Texas Annexation

• Oregon Territory

What area does G represent?

• Mexican Cession

• Louisiana Purchase

• Oregon Territory

• Texas Annexation

The 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

• Due Process

• Manifest Destiny

• American Progress

• Mercantilism

Uncharted territory or wilderness

• Expedition

• Frontier

• Pacific

• Exploration

Acquisition of a territory by the United States from France in 1803. Doubled the size of the U.S.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Gadsden Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Adams Onis Treaty