U.S. Territorial Acquisitions, 1803–1853

What year was it added to the United States? How did adding this region change the size of the nation?

• Adding the Louisiana Territory in 1803 about doubled the size of the United States.

• Adding the Louisiana Territory in 1820 about tripled the size of the United States.

• Adding the Louisiana Territory in 1803 had no effect on the size of the United States.

• Adding the Louisiana Territory in 1810 reduced the size of the United States.

Highlight the borders of Texas and the Mexican Cession and label these two regions. When was each region added to the United States? Texas was added in 1845 and the Mexican Cession in 1848. What other territory was acquired from Mexico? Label it on your map. The Gadsden Purchase was the other territory acquired from Mexico.

• When was each region added to the United States?

• What year was the Louisiana Purchase?

• When did the United States acquire Alaska?

• In what year was the Oregon Trail established?

What three trails crossed the Louisiana Territory from Independence, Missouri?

• Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, California Trail

• Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Mormon Trail

• California Trail, Mormon Trail, Santa Fe Trail

• Mormon Trail, Oregon Trail, California Trail

Where did the trail that settlers took to reach this city leave the Oregon Trail?

• The California Trail left the Oregon Trail at Fort Hall.

• The California Trail left the Oregon Trail at Independence Rock.

• The California Trail left the Oregon Trail at Chimney Rock.

• The California Trail left the Oregon Trail at South Pass.

Which three trails crossed the Rocky Mountains at South Pass?

• The Mormon, California, and Oregon trails crossed the Rocky Mountains at South Pass.

• The Santa Fe, Old Spanish, and Pony Express trails crossed the Rocky Mountains at South Pass.

• The Lewis and Clark, Bozeman, and Overland trails crossed the Rocky Mountains at South Pass.

• The Chisholm, Goodnight-Loving, and Natchez Trace trails crossed the Rocky Mountains at South Pass.

Travel by wagon through the mountains would have been slower than travel across desert or plains because:

• mountains have rough and uneven terrain

• deserts have more obstacles

• plains have more rivers

• mountains have better roads

Place each label below in its appropriate spot on the map.

a

b

c

d

Treaty of Oregon 1846

Florida Cession 1819

Texas Annexation 1845

Treaty of Paris 1783

What year was the Louisiana Purchase?

• 1763
• 1803
• 1846
• 1776

Which term describes how Texas was added to the United States?

• conquest

• annex

• colonization

• exploration

The U.S. signed a treaty with which country to get Florida?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Mexico