Growth and Conflict Unit Study Guide Review

The Louisiana Purchase _________ the size of the country when the US bought it from France.

France sold the Louisiana Territory (which was much more land than asked for) so that France could have more ____________ to spend on the Napoleonic Wars.

The Louisiana Purchase was a deal between the United States and the country of ________________ by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 to acquire more land for the US. 

 The purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was to find an all-water route from the Missouri River to the ________ Ocean for the purposes of trade.

Because of Lewis and Clark's detailed journals, the U.S. government and citizens would learn what opportunities and ____________ existed in the Louisiana Territory.

The War of _______ was caused for two reasons: 1. Forcing American sailors to join the British Navy (impressment) and 2. trying to convince Native Americans to fight against Americans

The Treaty of _________ ended the War of 1812.

The Treaty of Ghent allowed the US to maintain its ________________ at the end of the War of 1812.

The Monroe Doctrine attempted to keep European countries from trying to take control of newly freed _________ American countries

____________ ___________ (TWO WORDS) means the idea that the United States had the right and the duty to expand and annex new territories.