Territories
This state was once its own country
What is Texas?
BONUS: How many flags have flown over Texas AND what were they?
This nation sold the Louisiana Purchase to the United States
Who is France?
This treacherous, deadly journey was caused by the Indian Removal Act
What is the Trail of Tears?
What is the name of land section 'B'?
Florida (Spanish)
The belief that Americans were called by God to go westward
What is Manifest Destiny?
This state was admitted as a free state to balance Missouri, which was a slave state.
What is Maine?
BONUS: What was the name of the compromise that created this agreement?
This nation was forced to recognize Texas as an independent nation after the War for Texas Independence
Who is Mexico?
This was the motivation to move out west.
What is economic opportunity?
What is the name of land section 'D'?
Louisiana Purchase
An agreement between nations to trade land for money
What is a purchase?
Parts of present-day California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, & Utah were all part of this territory.
What is the Mexican Cession?
He approved of Lewis & Clark's exploration of the West
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
[DAILY DOUBLE] This treacherous and deadly journey gave settlers a path out west.
What is the Oregon Trail?
What is the name of land section 'A'?
The original U.S./13 colonies
Taking another nation's land by force
What is Annexation?
This was the name of the place Native Americans were forced to relocate to
What is Indian Territory?
BONUS: What present-day state is this?
He started the Mexican American War
Who is James K. Polk?
The modern women's rights movement, specifically suffrage, has its roots in this 1848 event.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This work of government policy, aid out by a president, established the United States as the "defenders" of the western hemisphere, specifically the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Taking land, property, or objects away from someone
What is dispossession?
About how many years did it take the United States to expand from the East to the West?
50 years
It is often said that without her help, the Corps of Discovery never would have succeeded in their mission. She translated, provided knowledge of the land, and even provided protection.
Who is Sacagawea?
Figuring that the country needed a way to access the new western lands, this major infrastructure was built in the 1860s.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
Which land section is the Mexican Cession?
Section 'G'
The act of giving land to another nation, usually by treaty
What is ceding/a cession?