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6th Grade
01/28/2009

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Term
HOW MUCH DID THE US PAY FOR THE LOIUSIANA TERRITORY?
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$15,000,000

OR

.03 PER ACRE

Term
THESE INDIANS RAIDED THE FARMS IN GEORGIA
Definition
SEMINOLES
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WHO BOUGHT LAND FROM FRANCE (LOUISIANA PURCHASE)
Definition
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Term
HOW MUCH LARGER DID THE UNITED STATES BECOME AFTER THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE?
Definition
IT DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE US
Term
WHO WERE THE TWO PEOPLE WHO EXPLORED THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE AREA?
Definition
LEWIS AND CLARK
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WHICH AREAS DID LEWIS AND CLARK EXPLORE?
Definition
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Term
BY THE EARLY 1800S THE UNITED STATES MAJOR GOAL WAS TO ACQUIRE THE SPANISH COLONY OF__________
Definition
FLORIDA
Term
WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE INDIANS CROSSING INTO GEORGIA?
Definition
THE FARMERS
Term

WHAT WERE THE COMPLAINTS OF THE GEORGIA FARMERS?

Definition
THEY WERE BEING RAIDED BY THE SEMINOLE INDIANS FROM FLORIDA, AND THE SLAVES FROM GEORGIA WERE ESCAPING TO THE SPANISH COLONY OF FLORIDA
Term

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT WHO SENT ANDREW JACKSON TO FLORIDA TO STOP THE RAIDS OF THE SEMINOLE INDIANS FROM FLORIDA?

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JAMES MONROE
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WHO DID JAMES MONROE SEND TO FLORIDA TO STOP THE RAIDS FROM THE SEMINOLE INDIANS ?
Definition
ANDREW JACKSON
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WHO SENT THE MESSAGE TO SPAIN "GET CONTROL OF FLORIDA OR GET OUT!"
Definition
ANDREW JACKSON
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____________ GAVE ___________ TO THE UNITED STATES THROUGH A TREATY?
Definition
SPAIN GAVE FLORIDA TO THE UNITED STATES THROUGH A TREATY
Term

IN 1821, TEXAS WAS PART OF MEXICO,

WHO WAS THE AMERICAN WHO DECIDED TO START A COLONY FOR AMERICANS IN TEXAS?

Definition
STEPHEN AUSTIN
Term
AMERICANS STARTED MOVING TO TEXAS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL PART OF __________
Definition
MEXICO
Term
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL PART OF MEXICO, WHERE DID AMERICANS START TO MOVE TO IN 1821? THIS COLONY WAS STARTED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN
Definition
TEXAS
Term

DID THE AMERICANS WHO MOVED INTO TEXAS WANT TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT?

Definition
NO
Term
SLAVES FROM GEORGIA ESCAPED TO THIS SPANISH COLONY
Definition
FLORIDA
Term
___________ WAS CONTROLLED BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
Definition
TEXAS
Term
WHO CONTROLLED THE COLONY STARTED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN?
Definition
MEXICO
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MEXICAN SOLDIERS WENT INTO ______ TO FORCE THE AMERICANS TO OBEY THE LAWS OF MEXICO
Definition
TEXAS
Term

TRUE OR FALSE

THE AMERICAN'S WHO LIVED IN TEXAS WANTED TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF MEXICO

Definition

FALSE

THE AMERICANS FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT.

Term
WHAT DID THE TEXANS WRITE WHILE THEY WERE FIGHTING AGAINST THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT?
Definition
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Term

TRUE OR FALSE

 

THE MEXICANS WON THE WAR WITH THE OVER THE TEXANS ?

Definition

FALSE

 

 

Term
AMERICANS STARTED MOVING INTO THE COLONY ESTABLISHED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL OWNED BY _________
Definition
MEXICO
Term

TRUE OR FALSE

THE TEXANS WON THE WAR WITH MEXICO OVER THE LAND KNOWN AS TEXAS

Definition

TRUE

THE AMERICANS WON THE WAR WITH MEXICO, MAKING TEXAS AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC.

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DEFINE

INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC

Definition
AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO ANOTHER
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THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF TEXAS WAS WON IN A BATTLE WITH ___________
Definition
MEXICO
Term
WHAT YEAR DID THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF TEXAS BECOME A STATE OF THE UNITED STATES?
Definition
1845
Term
IN 1845, WHICH INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC BECAME A STATE OF THE UNITED STATES?
Definition
TEXAS
Term
WAS THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAPPY ABOUT THEIR LOSS TO TEXAS?
Definition
NO, THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WILL END UP HOLDING A GRUDGE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OVER THE WAR BETWEEN THE COLONY IN TEXAS AND THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
Term

DEFINE:

UNDERWENT

Definition

WENT THROUGH OR EXPERIENCED

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DEFINE:

VAST

Definition

HUGE, LARGE IN SIZE

Term

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 TERRITORIAL EXPANSION

Definition
TO GAIN NEW AREAS OF LAND
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INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC

Definition
AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO ANOTHER
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MANIFEST DESTINY

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THE BELIEF THAT IT IS OUR RIGHT AN DUTY TO EXPAND THE UNITED STATES BY MOVING WEST.
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IN 1821 TEXAS WAS PART OF WHICH COUNTRY?
Definition
MEXICO
Term
ANDREW JACKSON RAIDED THIS SPANISH COLONY;CRUSHING THE SEMINOLES
Definition
FLORIDA
Term
IN 1821, STEPHEN AUSTIN, AN AMERICAN DECIDED TO START A COLONY IN __________.
Definition
TEXAS
Term
WHO OWNED TEXAS IN 1821?
Definition
MEXICO
Term
WHO STARTED A COLONY IN TEXAS IN 1821, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL OWNED BY MEXICO?
Definition
STEPHEN AUSTIN
Term
WHO SENT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO SPAIN"GET CONTROL OF FLORIDA OR GET OUT"
Definition
ANDREW JACKSON
Term
MANY AMERICANS WANTED TO MOVED WEST TO ____________
Definition
OREGON
Term
DESCRIBE THE TRIP TO OREGON COUNTRY.
Definition
LONG AND DANGEROUS
Term
TRUE OR FALSE
WAGONS TURNED OVER IN THE MUD AND KILLED PEOPLE ON THEIR TRIP TO OREGON
Definition
TRUE
Term
WHY WAS THE TRIP TO OREGON COUNTRY SO DANGEROUS?
Definition
WAGONS TURNED OVER IN THE MUD AND PEOPLE WERE KLLED
Term
WHICH TWO COUNTRIES HAD JOINT OWNERSHIP OF OREGON COUNTRY FOR MANY YEARS?
Definition
UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITIAN
Term
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MAJOR ROUTE THAT AMERICANS TOOK TO OREGON
Definition
THE OREGON TRAIL
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WHAT DID THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OFFER AMERICANS WHO WERE WILLING TO TAKE THE DANGEROUS JOURNEY ON THE OREGON TRAIL?
Definition
FREE LAND
Term
IN 1846, A WAR STARTED BETWEEN WHICH TWO COUNTRIES OVER A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE BORDER OF TEXAS?
Definition
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
Term
IN THIS YEAR, THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO WENT TO WAR OVER A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE BORDER OF TEXAS.
Definition
1846
Term
WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO?
Definition
A DISAGREEMENT OVER THE BORDER OF TEXAS
Term
DURING THE WAR BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES, AMERICANS WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE WHICH TWO AREAS?
Definition
CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO
Term
WERE THE AMERICAN VICTORIOUS OVER MEXICO IN THE WAR THAT BEGAN IN 1846?
Definition
YES
Term
AS A RESULT OF THE VICTORY OVER MEXICO, THE US WAS GIVEN CALIFORNIA AND _________
Definition
THE SOUTHWEST TERRITORY- NEVADA, UTAH, ARIZONA, AND NEW MEXICO
Term
THE SOUTHWEST TERRITORY INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING AREAS
Definition
NEVADA,UTAH,ARIZONA,NEW MEXICO
Term
NEVADA, UTAH, ARIZONA, AND NEW MEXICO WERE CALLED_________
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THE SOUTHWEST TERRITORY
Term
THE ACQUISITION OF CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHWEST TERRITORY IS KNOWN AS______
Definition
THE MEXICAN CESSION
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WHAT IS THE MEXICAN CESSION?
Definition
IT WAS WHEN THE UNITES STATES ACQUIRED CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHWEST TERRITORY FROM MEXICO IN 1848
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