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WorksheetsWestern Expansion
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The US and Mexico agreed on the sale of this small piece of territory in 1854. This territory includes present day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
Mexican Cession
Texas Annexation
Gadsden Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
This state became the 28th state to join the US after it gained its independence from Mexico.
Florida
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
What was the purpose of the Erie Canal that was built in New York?
Built so people could trade goods, travel faster and be connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
Built so people could ship goods out to the Port of New Orleans
Built so people could trade goods, travel faster and be connected the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean
Built so people could ship goods and travel the Oregon Trail faster.
Britain agreed on a boundary drawn at latitude 49 degrees north from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and gave up claims south of this line to the US.
Williamette Valley territory
Northwest Territory
Gadsden Territory
Oregon Territory
