Westward Expansion

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Identify the US land acquisition - 7:

Louisiana Purchase

,

Gadsden Purchase

,

13 Colonies

,

Mexican Cession

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Gadsden Purchase

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crossing an entire continent

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transcontinental

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Which group DID NOT support the concept of Manifest Destiny? Options: Native Americans, farmers, gold miners, immigrants

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Native Americans

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Identify the US land acquisition - 2: Gadsden Purchase, Louisiana Purchase, Mexican Cession, Texas Annexation

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Louisiana Purchase

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adding or taking control of something - especially land

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annex

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During the 1840s, the factors in this diagram contributed to support for which of the following?

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act
• the American System
• States' Rights
• Manifest Destiny

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Manifest Destiny

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Identify the US land acquisition - 4: Mexican Cession, 13 Colonies, Louisiana Purchase, Gadsden Purchase

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Mexican Cession

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Which statement best describes the idea of Manifest Destiny?

• The Constitution gave U.S. the right to expand its borders.
• Americans have a God-given right to expand westward
• Americans rebel against the gov't for preventing expansion
• ALL Americans can claim land in the Western U.S.

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Americans have a God-given right to expand westward

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the extreme limit of settled land

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frontier

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Identify the US land acquisition: Oregon, 13 Colonies, Texas Annexation, Northwest Territory

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Texas Annexation