Exploration: Lewis and Clark to Manifest Destiny - Page 5

Questions
  • What events led Mormons to move to Utah?
  • How did Thomas Jefferson double the size of the United States?
  • Why did settlers need to be able to use the Mississippi River?
  • Which two countries did the newly formed United States have problems with?
  • Where was the Gadsden Purchase located?
  • How did the Treaty of Paris divide land in North America?
  • What rivers did the Adams-Onis Treaty line follow?
  • What was the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
  • What was the outcome of the Gadsden Purchase?
  • How did the war against Mexico help the United States achieve its manifest destiny?
  • What body of water blocked further expansion of Florida to the west?
  • Why was farming very difficult for the early farmers of the plains?
  • Why did many Americans want to settle in the Oregon Territory?
  • What were the results of the War of 1812?
  • Before the War of 1812, what did Great Britain do to the US to draw it into war?
  • Florida was bought by U.S.A. from which country?
  • Who was the president of the U.S. when Texas was annexed to the U.S.?
  • What industry did Georgia establish after the Civil War.
  • What was James K Polk's three part war plan in the Mexican-American War?
  • Why are local elections important?