Westward Expansion Study Guide & Review

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

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• Manifest Destiny
• U.S.-Mexican War
• Louisiana Purchase.
• Northwest Ordinance

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.

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• Cession
• Westward
• Compromise

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)

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)

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

Label the map with the correct territorial acquisitions.

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e

f

g

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Adams-Onis Treaty

Oregon Treaty

Louisiana Purchase

Northwest Territory

Mexican Cession

Gadsen Purchase

Annexation of Texas

Complete the diagram with the causes and effects of the U.S.-Mexican War.

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d

e

f

g

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California becomes a state

James K. Polk elected Prez.

Belief in Manifest Destiny

Mexican Cession

Debate over slavery

Annexation of Texas

Trade along the Santa Fe Trail