Manifest Destiny Riddles

I am the year which saw the doubling of the size of America.

• 1801

• 1802

• 1803

• 1804

Jackson once fought within my borders, I am almost surrounded by water and became a southern state.

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Florida

• Mississippi

I am pretty small when compared to my peers but the US bought me to build railroads to connect the country.

• Mexican Cession

• Louisiana Purchase

• Purchase of Florida

• Gadsden Purchase

I started in 1849 when a shiny metal was discovered on the western coast of California.

• Gold Rush

• Silver Rush

• Copper Rush

• Minerals

I am a writer, plantation owner and philosopher. I have been a Secretary, Diplomat and even President of the United States at the turn of the century.

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• James Monroe

We worked well together, traveling over mountains and crossing rivers. We were sent by President Jefferson to explore. We claimed territory to the Pacific and were the first Americans to do so.

• Lewis and Madison

• Clark and Jefferson

• Lewis and Clark

• Lewis and Monroe

I am the belief which caused territories to expand and people to move west.

• The American Dream

• The Gold Rush

• The Homestead Act

• Manifest Destiny

I went from one country to another after a war between the two countries.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Treaty of Versailles

• Berlin Wall Agreement

When I became a state, they had to draw a line to separate slave and free states.

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Dred Scott Decision

I am a territory that was gained after a war between the colonies and the mother country.

• Battle of Yorktown

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris of 1783

• Treaty of Versailles of 1919