
Westward Expansion Study Guide & Review
Authored by Sarah Trites
Social Studies
8th Grade

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1.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
One important (a) group that moved to California during the Gold Rush was the Chinese.
John O'Sullivan said that the United states had a (b) to spread across the continent of North America.
The (c) resulted in a major gain of territory for the United States in 1848.
President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the land gained from the (d)
The (e) spelled out how the areas of the Northwest Territory (Ohio) could become states. Westw
2.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 4 pts
Immigration from Ireland was prompted by a (a) in that region.
The territory the United States won from Mexico in the U.S.-Mexican War is referred to as the Mexican (b) .
(c) expansion by Anglo (white) Americans resulted in American Indians losing their land.
The (d) of 1850 was a set of laws that tried to settle the question of whether lands gained from Mexico could have slavery or not.
3.
REORDER QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Reorder the following territorial acquisitions according to the year they occured.
Mexican Cession (1848)
Oregon Treaty (1846)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Adams-Onis Treaty (Florida Cession) (1819)
Annexation of Texas (1845)
4.
REORDER QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Reorder the following territorial acquisitions according to the year they occured.
Northwest Ordinance (1787)
Gadsen Purchase (1854)
Purchase of Alaska (1867)
Acquisition of California and New Mexico (1848)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
5.
REORDER QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Reorder the following territorial acquisitions according to the year they occured.
Adams-Onis Treaty (Florida Acquisition)
Mexican Cession
Annexation of Texas
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Treaty
6.
LABELLING QUESTION
3 mins • 7 pts
Label the map with the correct territorial acquisitions.
7.
LABELLING QUESTION
1 min • 7 pts
Complete the diagram with the causes and effects of the U.S.-Mexican War.
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