Westward Expansion

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Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

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C

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The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when ...

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a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land.

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Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to...

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seek out religious freedom.

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What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? Options: Florida Purchase, Thirteen Colonies, Mexican Cession, Oregon County

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Mexican Cession

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Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size.

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Louisiana Purchase

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

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Manifest Destiny

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The primary goal of Manifest Destiny was..

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expand westward to the Pacific Ocean.

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List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west: mountains, crossing rivers, the Great Plains, all of the above.

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all of the above

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I just moved to America in search of gold. Instead, I took a job working on the Transcontinental Railroad. I am paid less than white workers, even though I am a hard worker. Who am I?

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Asian Immigrant

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Which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848? Options: Texas, Louisiana, Oregon, California

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California