Westward Expansion

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Westward Expansion
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The Oregon Country
The Mexican Cession
The Texas Revolution
Louisiana Purchase
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Topic 1 100
Strip of land in present-day Arizona and New
Mexico for which the United States paid Mexico
10 million.
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Topic 1 200
Territory of California and New Mexico given to
the United States in 1848 after the Mexican War.

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Topic 1 300
Old Spanish mission in Texas where Mexican forces
under Santa Anna besieged American rebels, who
were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico
in 1836.
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Topic 1 400

Nickname for Texas after it won independence from
Mexico in 1836.
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Topic 1 500
Belief held in the 1800s that Americans had the
right and the duty to spread across the continent
all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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Topic 2 100
President when the Louisiana Territory was
purchased.
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Topic 2 200
European country the Louisiana Territory was
bought from.
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Topic 2 300
Native American guide to Lewis and Clark.
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Topic 2 400
Lewis and Clark discovered this geographical
feature in the Rocky Mountains.

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The official name of Lewis and Clarks expedition.
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Topic 3 100
Famous Texan who led 300 families there in 1821.
Today, one of its cities bares his name.
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Topic 3 200
Famous battle in which 150 Texans were killed by
Mexican soldiers including Davy Crocket.
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Topic 3 300
This was the name of the Mexican dictator who
besieged the Alamo.
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Topic 3 400
At this final battle of the revolution, Texans
rallied together with the slogan Remember the
Alamo.
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Topic 3 500
He was the first and last President of the
Republic of Texas.
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Topic 4 100
These were early settlers to the Oregon country.
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Topic 4 200
These countries all claimed the Oregon country at
one point.


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Topic 4 300
This trail started in Independence, Missouri and
led through the Rocky Mountains to the West Coast.
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Topic 4 400
These individuals made money from fur trapping in
the Oregon territory.
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Topic 4 500
Fifty-four, Forty or fight was the campaign
slogan for this presidential candidate who
advocated going to war with Great Britain to get
the Oregon country.
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Topic 5 100
The Mexican Cession was given to the United
States from this treaty that ended the Mexican
war.

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Topic 2 200
In 1849, people from around the World traveled to
this region of the Mexican Cession because of the
discovery of gold.
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Topic 5 300
This was the name for people who traveled to
California in 1849 to strike it rich.
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Topic 5 400
This was the location were gold was discovered
during the California Gold Rush.
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Topic 5 500
This famous entrepreneur started out by making
pants out of denim for the miners that were held
together my copper rivets.
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Topic 1 100
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
Gadsden Purchase
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Topic 1 200
What was the Mexican Cession?
Mexican Cession
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Topic 1 300
What was the Alamo?
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Topic 1 400
What was the Lone Star Republic?
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Topic 1 500
What was Manifest Destiny?
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Topic 2 100
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
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Topic 2 200
What was France?
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Topic 2 300
Who was Sacagawea?
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Topic 2 400
What was the Continental Divide?
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Topic 2 500
What was the Corp of Discovery?
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Topic 3 100
Who was Stephen Austin?
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Topic 3 200
What was the Alamo?
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Topic 3 300
Who was Santa Anna?
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Topic 3 400
What was the Battle of San Jacinto?
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Topic 3 500
Who was Sam Houston?
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Topic 4 100
Who were mountain men and missionaries?
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Topic 4 200
What is the United States, Great Britain, Spain
and Russia?
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Topic 4 300
What is the Oregon Trail?
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Topic 4 400
Who were mountain men?
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Topic 4 500
Who was James K. Polk?
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Topic 5 100
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
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Topic 5 200
What is California?
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Topic 5 300
What were Forty-Niners?
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Topic 5 400
What was Sutters Mill?
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Topic 5 500
Who was Levi Straus?