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This led to the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804...
What is: The Louisiana Purchase?
This was an important legacy of the early missionaries to Oregon...
What is: They opened the west for colonists?
This was a challenge for many people who traveled to the West...
What is: The Rocky Mountains?
This is one way that the United States did not acquire land...
What is: Through inheritance?
This contributed to the start of the Mexican-American War...
What is: The annexation of Texas by the U.S. Congress?
This was a legacy of the Lewis and Clark expedition...
What is: They mapped a route to the Pacific?
This was one effect of the California gold rush...
What is: California achieved statehood?
This was one reason the United States wanted to acquire Florida...
What is: To end raids on Georgia farms?
This is how the Louisiana Purchase affected the United States...
What is: It doubled the nation's size?
This was Mexico’s policy toward slavery in 1830...
What is: It was illegal?
This was California’s main industry in the 1830's...
What is: Cattle ranching?
This describes the experience of many Chinese immigrants in California...
What is: They were subjected to prejudice and abuse?
This was an incentive for colonists to travel to Oregon Country...
What is: Fertile farmland?
This is how Mexico was affected by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo...
What is: It decreased its territory by half?
This was a campaign slogan in President Polk’s 1844 campaign...
What is: "All of Oregon or none!"?
These were the ancestors of the Californios...
Who were: The Spanish?
This is why the Mormons moved west to Utah...
What is: To settle where they could freely practice their beliefs?
This was gained through the Gadsden Purchase of 1853...
What is: A good railroad route to California?
This was the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent...
What is: Manifest Destiny?
This is why settlers during the California Gold Rush encountered high prices for goods and services...
What is: The number of people created high demand?
This was another name for the mountain men...
What is: The fur trappers?
This is a legacy of John Frémont and Zebulon Pike...
What is: They inspired colonists to move to the West?
This is why the Tejanos resented the Americans colonizing Texas...
What is: They were settling illegally?
This is why some northerners opposed the annexation of Texas...
What is: Texas allowed slavery?
These people important to the survival of the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition...
Who were: The American Indians?