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Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
Acquisition of Florida and Oregon Country
Texas Annexation
Mexican Cession
100
In 1803, the United State wanted to gain control of this important port city on the Mississippi River.
What is New Orleans?
100
This river was the primary route for the start of Lewis and Clark's expedition.
What is the Missouri River?
100
Slave owners in Georgia were angry because of this.
What are runaway slaves hiding in Florida?
100
The Mexican government invited American settlers to live in Texas and practice this religion.
What is Catholic?
100
This war happened because of border disputes and because Mexico wanted Texas back.
What is the Mexican war?
200
This country controlled New Orleans and the entire Louisiana Territory in 1803.
What is France?
200
She was the Native American guide for Lewis and Clark.
Who is Sacagewea?
200
From so much hunting in the Oregon country area, very few of these animals were left by the mid-1840's.
What are beavers?
200
By 1830, so many white Americans lived in Texas the Mexican government outlawed this.
What is speaking English? or What is slavery?
200
Americans wanted this river to be the border between United States and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
300
President Thomas Jefferson was willing to buy New Orleans for this price.
What is $10 million dollars?
300
Lewis and Clark hoped to find this waterway route to the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Northwest Passage?
300
This tribe of Native Americans located in Florida was making attacks on Georgia farmers to the north.
What is the Seminole tribe?
300
In 1836, Texas declared this.
What is independence?
300
This word means to give up territory, usually as the result of a treaty.
What is to cede?
400
France needed money for their army and were ready to give up the entire Louisiana Territory for this price.
What is $15 million dollars?
400
The Shoshone tribe provided these for the Lewis and Clark to cross the Rocky Mountains.
What are horses?
400
After attacks by General Andrew Jackson, this country gave up its land in Florida.
What is Spain?
400
The place where fewer than 200 Texans fought against 7,000 Mexican troops in a battle that lasted 10 days.
What is the Alamo?
400
These four states were ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo.
What is California, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada?
500
After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States grew in size by this much.
What is doubled the size of the nation?
500
Lewis and Clark mapped the Louisiana territory for this president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
Great Britain and the United States agreed to do this, rather than fight a war over the Oregon Territory.
What is drawing a boundary?
500
In 1845, Congress annexed Texas making it this # state.
What is the 28th state?
500
The land sale in 1853, when Congress bought one last piece of Mexican land for $10 million.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?