Westward Expansion

Reorder the following in order from first territory obtained to last.

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Mexican Cession

• Texas

• Oregon

Match the following

• Dictator

• Heavenly or godlike.

• Territory

• Someone who rules with absolute power.

• Diplomacy

• The art of conducting negotiations with other countries.

• Annex

• A region of land; also, a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor.

• Divine

• To add a territory to a country.

The war with Mexico from 1846 to 1847 that resulted in ​ (a)   ​ (b)   to the ​ (c)   a huge region from ​ (d)   to ​ (e)   .

• Mexico
• ceding
• United States
• Texas
• California

The 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation.

• War of 1812

• Texas War of Independence

• Mexican-American War

• Revolutionary War

​ (a)   is the belief that it was the ​ (b)   ' right and duty to spread across the North American continent.

• Manifest Destiny
• United States
• Divine
• Justifiable
• Spain
• France
• Mexico
• Great Britain

The ​ (a)   ​ acquired Louisiana from ​ (b)   for ​ (c)   dollars

• United States
• France
• 15 million
• Mexico
• Spain
• 5 million
• 8 million
• 100 thousand
• Great Britain

The ​ (a)   ​ acquired Florida from ​ ​ (b)   for ​ (c)   dollars

• United States
• Spain
• 5 million
• Mexico
• 8 million
• 100 thousand
• Great Britain
• France
• 15 million

The ​ (a)   ​ acquired Oregon after agreeing to split the territory in ​ (b)   with ​ (c)   .

• United States
• half
• Great Britain
• Mexico
• France
• 15 million
• Spain
• a third
• a fourth
• Russia, France, and Great Britain

Identify the territory in area #1.

• Oregon

• Florida

• Texas

• Gadsden Purchase

Identify the territory in area #3.

• Louisiana

• Florida

• Texas

• Gadsden Purchase