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Westward Expansion
Chapter 15 in your textbook
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To add a territory to a country | Annex |
| The art of conducting negotiations with other countries | Diplomacy |
| Done for a good reason, acceptable | Justifiable |
| The belief that it was America's right and duty to spread across the North American continent | Manifest Destiny |
| An over land route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River in Oregon | Oregon Trail |
| A region of land organized by Congress and under the leadership of a governor | Territory |
| A formal agreement between two different countries | Treaty |
| Territory the U.S. came to own through a treaty with Great Britain | Oregon Country |
| Territory the U.S. came to own through purchasing it from France for $15 million | Louisiana Territory |
| Territory the U.S. came to own through a treaty with Spain (and a $5 million payment) | Florida |
| Territory the U.S. came to own through annexation (they asked to join after they became an independent country) | Texas |
| Territory the U.S. came to own following the Mexican American War | California and New Mexico |
| President responsible for the Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson |
| President during the Mexican American War | James Polk |
| The U.S. general (and future president) who ignored orders and invaded Florida | Andrew Jackson |
| Leaders of the first major U.S. expedition into the Louisiana Territory | Lewis and Clark |
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