Dates
Imperialism
Push Towards Westward Expansion
The Louisiana Purchase
100

When was the Louisiana Purchase?

What is 1803?

100

Fill in the Blank: Nationalism is a feeling of love, loyalty, and devotion to one’s _______.

What is country/nation?

100

Name one of the requirements to receive land through the Homestead Act. 

What is 

  • 21 years old, or head of family?

  • US citizens or filing for? 

  • Build a certain size home and live for 6 months?

  • Farm the land for five consecutive years?

100

How much money was Louisiana purchased for?

What is $15 million?

200

When was Manifest Destiny popularized?

What is 1845?

200

What is the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation?

What is imperialism?

200

Fill in the Blank: In the 1800s, the Mormons migrated West to flee from religious _________. 

What is persecution?

200

Fill in the Blank: After the French-Indian War, France gave all of their territory West of the Mississippi River to _____. 

What is Spain?

300
When did Texas declare independence from Mexico?

When is 1836?

300

Colonization is an example of what kind of imperialism?

What is formal imperialism?

300

What was a major cause in 1845 of the Mexican-American War?

What is the annexation of Texas?

300

Louisiana is named after who?

Who is King Louis V?

400

In what year did Napoleon’s plan for Louisiana collapse?

What is 1803?

400

What were the three motivations for Old Imperialism? 

What are the three Gs?

400

What are the three American values that Americans hoped to spread with Manifest Destiny?

What is democracy, capitalism, and Christianity? 

400

What disease ultimately led to a French defeat in the Haitian Revolution?

What is yellow fever?

500

When was the Mexican Cession?

What is 1848?

500

This is where an independent nation is controlled by foreign businesses rather than foreign governments.

What is economic imperialism?

500

What were a series of laws that provided federal support for the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad?

What are the Pacific Railways Act?

500

The Treaty of San Idelfonso was between what two countries?

What is Spain and France?

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