Expansion Map Quiz

Territory gained in 1819 via treaty with Spain.

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8.10A

The U.S. achieved its goal of expanding westward to the Pacific Ocean when it acquired this territory via treaty with Britain in 1846.

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8.6B

Mexico ceded this territory to the United States via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo following the U.S.-Mexican War.

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8.6B

8.6C

The differences between these two maps resulted from the —

• Louisiana Purchase

• Adams-Onís Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Gadsden Purchase

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8.6B

8.10A

U.S. annexation of this state in 1845 was later a cause of the U.S-Mexican War.

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8.10A

Purchased in 1853 from Mexico for the construction of a southern transcontinental railroad.

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8.11A

Which of these would be the best title for this illustration?

• Divine Nature

• Survival of the Fittest

• Manifest Destiny

• Era of Good Feelings