Westward Expansion Territories

Which territory is this?

• Louisiana Purchase

• 13 Colonies

• Mexican Cession

• Spanish Cession of Florida

Which territory is this?

• Annexation of Texas

• 13 Colonies

• Gadsden Purchase

• Spanish Cession of Florida

Which territory is this?

• Oregon Territory

• Annexation of Texas

• Gadsden Purchase

• Spanish Cession of Florida

Match the following territories with their picture:

• U.S. in 1783

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• Annexation of Texas

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• 13 Colonies

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• Louisiana Purchase

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• Gadsden Purchase

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Match the following territories with their descriptions:

• Oregon Territory

• Bought in 1803 from France by Thomas Jefferson; doubled the size of the U.S.

• Mexican Cession

• Annexed as the 28th state after it won its independence from Mexico.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Acquired from the Oregon Treaty that split the territory with Great Britain at the 49th parallel.

• Annexation of Texas

• Acquired from the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo after the Mexican-American War.

• Spanish Cession of Florida

• Purchased from Spain in 1819 to avoid war and to secure the East Coast.

settlement of the dispute with Great Britain over the Oregon Territory

victory in the Mexican-American War and acquisition of California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Texas

increased the land mass of the United States by approximately 1.2 million square miles

• James K. Polk

• Andrew Jackson

• Zachary Taylor

• Martin Van Buren