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 event was the immediate cause of the Mexican American War
The Annexation of Texas
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 signed the Indian Removal Act into law
Who is Andrew Jackson?
[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 approved of Lewis & Clark's exploration of the West
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This act encouraged more American settlers to move west, promising parcels of land if they stayed on the land for 5 years
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
Which land section is the Texas Annexation?
Section 'E'
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
He started the Mexican American War
Who is James K. Polk?
This was the motivation to move out west.
What is economic opportunity?
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?