an American belief in the 1800s that it was the natural right of the United States to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny?
What was the name of the two explorers that led the expedition of the Louisiana Territory?
What is Lewis and Clark?
What is Spain?
The United States and Great Britain agreed on a __________ for the Oregon Country.
What is boundary?
How many stars are on the American flag and why.
What is 50 stars for the 50 states?
an area of land set aside by the United States government for American Indians to live on
What is a reservation?
What is Great Britain would start a war with them?
Texas was an independent republic for ___ years.
What is 9?
Mexico gave up the territory called the Mexican Cession because they had just:
What is lost a fierce war to the United States?
How many stripes are on the American flag and why.
What is 13 for the 13 original colonies?
a large region of land
What is a territory?
The Louisiana Purchase was the first land ____________ for the United States.
What is acquisition?
Texas declared independence from _________.
What is Mexico?
Why it's called the Gadsden Purchase:
What is it's named after the guy who worked out the deal?
What is Washington, D.C.?
to add or incorporate (a new territory) into a country
What is annex?
Thomas Jefferson agreed to buy French land to the west so that American goods could move through ____________.
What is New Orleans?
The United States __________ Texas as the 28th state.
What is annexed?
Great Britain agreed to a boundary drawn from ___________ to ____________ for the Oregon Country.
What is the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean?
The name of our National Anthem.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
to give up territory, usually as the result of a treaty
What is cede?
The Lewis and Clark expedition went from:
What is the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean?
What is Andrew Jackson?
The United States paid Mexico ____ million dollars for the Mexican Cession and ____ million for the Gadsden Purchase.
What is 15 million and 10 million?
The national bird of the United States.
What is the bald eagle?