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Name the states that border Mexico.
California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas
What additional states did Mexico include in the territory it sold to the U.S.?
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming
Mexico sold the states of ......................... to the United States.
California, Utah, and Nevada
The U.S. won the Mexican American war and signed a treaty, what did it state?
Mexico agreed that Texas was part of the U.S., and also agreed to sell the land it claimed in the southwest, to the U.S.
1846 - 1848 - President Polk declared war on Mexico over the dispute of land in Texas. At the end, American ended up with 55% of Mexico's land.
Mexican-American War
The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They traveled from North Carolina and Georgia through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas-more than 800 miles (1,287 km)-to the Indian Territory. More than 4, 00 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116-day journey.
Trail of Tears
1861-1865, conflicts over slavery in the South and and the West, in addition to economic reasons and state's rights led to what?
Civil War
Oceans that border the United States
Atlantic Ocean borders the East Coast; Pacific Ocean borders the West Coast
When the states voted to pass the Constitution, the U.S. created a new government and elected the first President. Who?
George Washington
In 185o became the 31st state to join the United States, and first state that bordered the pacific Ocean.
California
When was the Constitution written?
1787
After the Louisiana Purchase, many people began moving West to the new territory. What did this lead to?
More conflicts and wars with Native Americans and people from the U.S.
Declaration of Independence was adopted.
1776
How did the 600,000 Native Americans living on the land claimed by the U.S., feel about the lands' ownership?
They did not agree that the U.S. owned the land, which led to many conflicts and wars in the 1800s. They were forced to defend their people, their culture and their land.
Leaders who believed that the U.S. needed a new government.
George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
George Washington, known as the Father Of our Country, served what years?
From 1789-1797
In 1787 leaders from a 13 original states met where, and for what purpose?
They met in Philadelphia, PA, to create a new Government.
When the Constitution was adopted , what land did the U.S. own?
In 1787 the U.S. had 13 states, as well as claimed to own land between the 13 colonies and the Mississippi River.
After the Revolutionary War, many states were not happy with the way the country was governed. What were main issues?
Taxes, Trade, and other laws
Where did Washington take the Oath of Office?
Federal Hall, New York City
Between 1830s to 1850s, people from 5 Native American nations in southern U.S were forced to move from their homeland to land in the Louisiana Territory. What were the 5 tribal nations?
Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote papers to support the passing of the U.S. Constitution, and published them in newspapers across the U.S.
The Federalist Papers
What does claim or claimed mean concerning the land between the 13 colonies and the Mississippi?
The European countries that created colonies in the Americas agreed that that territory belonged to the U.S.
Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.
Constitutional Convention
In 1803, the purchase of territory from France, made by by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US. It included a large amount of land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.
Louisiana Purchase