US States
The northernmost state in the 48 "contiguous" (touching) states
Maine
Name of the Pacific Northwest region added to the US in the 1846...
Oregon (or Oregon Territory)
Manifest Destiny involved expanding the US from which ocean to which ocean.
Atlantic to Pacific
What name was given to settlers moving to the West?
Pioneers
Name the body of water along the southern coast from Texas to Florida
Gulf of Mexico
The "Golden State" on the Pacific Coast
California
Name of the region "won" by the US due to their victory in the Mexican-American War
"Mexican Cession"
In what decade of the 19th century did the US add the most new territories along the Pacific Coast
1840s
How was mail transported from east to west before the railroad was completed?
The Pony Express
What TWO mountain ranges did settlers have to cross if they traveled from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast?
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada Moutains
The state that Maine broke away from in 1820
Massachusetts
The TWO states that entered the Union as part of the "Compromise of 1820"
Maine
Missouri
Why were some Americans reluctant to add Texas as a state? Name 2 reasons...
Debt
Slavery
Angering Mexico
The government law, passed in 1830, that "legally" took Native American lands and put them under U. S. control
Indian Removal Act
Name TWO rivers that the Lewis and Clark Expedition travelled on during their 1805-06 trip
Missouri River
Columbia River
Mississippi River
Name the north, south, east and west borders of the Louisiana Purchase
Canada, Gulf of Mexico (Louisiana), Mississippi River, Rocky Mts.
Name 5 of the present-day states that were part of the "Mexican Cession"
California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico
Supporters of Manifest Destiny argued that America was "spreading" important values and features.
Name TWO...
"Civilization"
Religion (Christianity)
Technology (communication / transportation, etc.)
Democracy
Which new group of immigrants arrived on American soil in hopes of making it rich during the California Gold Rush?
Chinese
Which American river, that runs through the Southwest, is dangerously close to drying up?
The Colorado
Consider the location of the Appalachian Mountains; name 5 states that touch this mountain range
There are 18 possible choices...
Identify 2 features of the "Compromise of 1850"
CA as free state
Fugitive Slave Law
Popular Sovereignty
Ended Slave Trade in Washington, DC
New Mexico and Utah become territories (were part of Mexican Cession)
Five Native American nations were removed from their lands in Georgia and the southeast immediately after the Indian Removal Act was passed.
Name one of the nations forced off of their lands
AND
the President who passed the law
Cherokee President Andrew Jackson
Creek
Seminole
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Name TWO instructions the President Thomas Jefferson gave to Lewis and Clark before their expedition
Alliances
Trade
Claim for US (Plant the Flag)
Name 4 of the 5 Great Lakes
Ontario Erie
Huron
Superior
Michigan