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Geography
Westward expansion
Mexican War
Northwest Ordinance/Monroe doctrine
Louisiana Purchase/Lewis and Clark
100
During what century did the american landscape transform?
19th
100
How many decades after the Louisiana Purchase was the westward expansion nearly destroyed the republic?
Six
100
The war was an armed conflict between the U.S. and the Central Republic of who?
Mexico
100
The Northwest Ordinance established an idea by which the U.S.could expand where?
westward
100
Thomas Jefferson wanted to expand where?
To the west.
200
Where were the Native Americans banished?
Reservations.
200
How much did the land cost when purchased by the French?
15 million
200
How long did the war last?
A year and a half.
200
The northern states would become which states?
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
200
How many people went with Lewis and Clark on the expedition?
40 men
300
What happened in the west?
Americans of European, African, and Asian decent established settlement.
300
The land stretched from the Mississippi river to where?
Rocky Mountains
300
Where did the American soldiers land?
New Mexico and California.
300
When did President George Washington sign the Northwest Ordinance of 1789?
August 7, 1789
300
In the Louisiana Purchase it permitted slavery extension through what two states?
Louisiana and Arkansas
400
What happened in the east?
Expanding cities dominated the sky lines.
400
The Westward Expansion of the U.S. was one of what themes?
Defining themes
400
How many soldiers, sailors, and marines served in this war?
More than 100,000.
400
When was the Monroe Doctrine first introduced?
December 2, 1823
400
The Louisiana Purchase was how many square miles?
828,000 square miles
500
The landscape was marked by railroad tracks, telephone lines, and barbed wire as much as what?
Rivers and Mountains
500
Westward expansion nearly destroyed who?
The Republic
500
What was the cause of the war?
Annexation of the former Mexican Province.
500
The U.S would not get into the middle of what colony?
European colonies.
500
Thomas Jefferson bought vast territory between where and where?
Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains.