WorksheetsUnit 4 (Westward Expansion)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
To add a territory/region to a country
Annex
Invade
Conquer
Irrigate
The belief that it was the United States' right and duty to spread the nation across the North American continent
Manifest Destiny
Obvious Fate
The Oregon Trail
The Louisiana Purchase
The art of conducting negotiations with other countries
Annexation
Diplomacy
Territory
Immigration
A person or group's impact on future generations
(a)
The common term for the overland route that began in Missouri, and led to the West Coast
The Hastings Cutoff
The Oregon Trail
Manifest Destiny
The Texas Revolution
This colloquial term was used for people who took part in the California Gold Rush
(a)
Someone who moves from one country to another
Immigrant
Missionary
49er
Colonist
A system for bringing water to farmland by artificial means, such as using a dam to trap water and ditches to channel it to fields
Immigration
Irrigation
Annexation
Aquafication
The United States went to war with this country in the 1840s, and as a result, added California and other Southwest states to the U.S.
(a)
In 1803, how did the United States acquire part or all of over a dozen states in the region commonly referred to as the Midwest?
The Gadsden Purchase
A Treaty with Spain
The Louisiana Purchase
The Mexican-American War
