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Vocabulary
Louisiana Purchase + Lewis & Clark Expedition
Florida Acquisition + Texas Annexation
Acquisition of Oregon Country, Mexican Cession, + Gadsden Purchase
Bonus
100

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?

100

What was the name of the two explorers that led the expedition of the Louisiana Territory?

What is Lewis and Clark?

100
The United States got Florida from __________. 

What is Spain?

100

The United States and Great Britain agreed on a __________ for the Oregon Country. 

What is boundary?

100

How many stars are on the American flag and why.

What is 50 stars for the 50 states?

200

an area of land set aside by the United States government for American Indians to live on

What is a reservation?

200
France gave up the entire Louisiana Territory to get money because they were scared that:

What is Great Britain would start a war with them?

200

Texas was an independent republic for ___ years. 

What is 9?

200

Mexico gave up the territory called the Mexican Cession because they had just:

What is lost a fierce war to the United States?

200

How many stripes are on the American flag and why.

What is 13 for the 13 original colonies?

300

a large region of land

What is a territory?

300

The Louisiana Purchase was the first land ____________ for the United States.

What is acquisition?

300

Texas declared independence from _________. 

What is Mexico?

300

Why it's called the Gadsden Purchase:

What is it's named after the guy who worked out the deal?

300
The capital city of America.

What is Washington, D.C.? 

400

to add or incorporate (a new territory) into a country

What is annex?

400

Thomas Jefferson agreed to buy French land to the west so that American goods could move through ____________. 

What is New Orleans?

400

The United States __________ Texas as the 28th state.

What is annexed?

400

Great Britain agreed to a boundary drawn from ___________ to ____________ for the Oregon Country.

What is the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean?

400

The name of our National Anthem.

What is the Star Spangled Banner?

500

to give up territory, usually as the result of a treaty

What is cede?

500

The Lewis and Clark expedition went from:

What is the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean?

500
The name of the General that attacked Florida and made Spain realize they could not keep the United States from taking over the territory. 

What is Andrew Jackson?

500

The United States paid Mexico ____ million dollars for the Mexican Cession and ____ million for the Gadsden Purchase. 

What is 15 million and 10 million?

500

The national bird of the United States.

What is the bald eagle?