How did the size of the United States double after 1801

How did the size of the United States double after 1801?	Jefferson bought land from France called the LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Name the two men who went on the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase	Meriwether Lewis William Clark
Name the geographic region of the Louisiana Purchase	Land west of the Mississippi River
What areas did Lewis and Clark explore?	Land west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Name the country that sold the Louisiana land to the United States.	France
Why did the U.S. want to buy the Louisiana land?	We wanted to ship goods down the Mississippi River to the port at New Orleans.
Why did Napoleon sell the land to us for such a good price?	He was fighting wars and needed money for his army
Name the President who bought the Louisiana territory for the U.S.	Thomas Jefferson
What group of people suffered from the Louisiana Purchase?	Native Americans Tribes were forced to move out from their homelands to reservations.
Describe what job Lewis and Clark had to do on their expedition.	Make maps Describe the soil, plants, animals and Native American tribes Learn about locations of trading posts
Name the first African American to cross North America.	York. He was Clark’s slave who went on the journey
Name the Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark as their guide.	Sacagawea
Name the rivers that Lewis and Clark found	Salmon River Snake River Columbia River
Name their final stop in 1805.	Pacific Ocean

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In 1783, the U.S. did not own all of the land. What land did Spain control?	Southeast (Florida)
What land did Spain then Mexico control in the west\?	Territories of: Texas California
What land did Britain (England) control?	Oregon and Washington
What land did Russia control?	Northwest U.S.
Name the reasons that Americans wanted the land that we did not control.	The East was crowded and we wanted more space. Farming land Better opportunities for work and homes Business needed resources like wood Businesses needed places to sell goods We needed to keep the land from being taken away by other countries.
What is MANIFEST DESTINY?	Americans believed that they had the natural right to spread their religion, government, and way of life to the Pacific Ocean.
When did the words, MANIFEST DESTINY become real?	1845 in a newspaper
When did Spain give us the land that is now Florida?	1819 in a treaty. It became part of the U.S. in 1821

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Name three territories IN ORDER that were added to the United States between 1801 and 1861	Florida Texas California
In a treaty with Spain, the U.S. gained which territory?	Florida
Which territory was added to the U. S. that doubled the size of our country?	Louisiana Purchase
How did the United Stated acquire or get the state of California and the southwest territory?	By defeating Mexico in a war.
What was the FIRST territory that the U.S. bought in 1803?	Louisiana
Read these statements: Expansion was good for the U.S. Expansion was the right of the country What do these statements describe? What title would you give these statements?	MANIFEST DESTINY
The Oregon Trail was a route that what group of settlers took in the 1840s?	Settlers wanting to travel to the northwest U.S.
Name two overland trails used during westward expansion	Oregon Trail Santa Fe Trail
Name two groups of people who wanted the U.S. to take over the territory called Florida that was owned by Spain and tell WHY.	Slave owners in Georgia – slaves escaping to live with Seminole Indians. Settlers mad that Seminoles raided their settlements
Name the man who took an army into Florida in 1817 and helped us gain the territory.	ANDREW JACKSON
When did Texas become part of the U.S. territory?	1845
Why did the Americans move to the territory of Texas when Mexico owned it?	Mexico wanted people to farm the land and pay taxes. They gave settlers free land

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What happened when the people living in the Texas territory wanted Mexico to let them have their own government?	General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led an army into Mexico to punish the settlers.
Name the event where 200 Texans and other Americans defended San Antonio saying "victory or death" to Santa Anna’s army?	The Alamo
When did Congress make Texas a state?	1845
What President promised to take control of Oregon Country?	James Polk
Tell how the U.S. gained the Oregon territory.	Britain agreed to a boundary drawn at a latitude 49 degrees north from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean
What area of land did we gain through a war with Mexico?	California and New Mexico
Who did President Polk send to fight the war and protect the Rio Grande from Mexico	General Zachary Taylor
When did Mexico surrender to the U.S. and how did we get this land?	1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Name the states that we acquired through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.	California, New Mexico Utah, and Nevada
What was the Gadsden Purchase?	1853 – Arizona and New Mexico –a pass through the mountains for a railroad to be built.