History of the United States & How it Expanded

Where did Native Americans come from before arriving in North America?

• England

• France

• Asia

Native Americans used local______________ to survive.

Which 2 countries fought the French & Indian War in which the Native Americans helped both sides?

• England & Germany

• Spain & France

• France & England

What is the belief that Americans thought they had the right to expand west called?

• Bill of Rights

• Manifest Destiny

• Constitutional Rights

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, was close to the ________________ Ocean.

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Gulf of Mexico

What was one way the United States grew and expanded?

• The United States made the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803.

• The United States convinced France to give them land.

• The United States has always been a large country.

What did the United States do to gain the land of California and the states close to it?

• The United States bought the land from Mexico.

• The United States fought a war called the Mexican-American War.

• The United States claimed it without having to do anything.

The United States _______________ Texas in 1845.

• annexed

• purchased

• fought

Which image shows the United States map of today?

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