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    This study guide provides information to help students prepare for a test on Westward Expansion. It includes sections to label a map of territories acquired by the US, define key terms like inventor and entrepreneur, answer multiple choice questions about details of westward expansion such as important people, events, and locations, and identify bodies of water and inventions on a labeled diagram. The guide covers topics ranging from the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Oregon Trail, Mexican Cession, and inventions that enabled westward movement like the cotton gin and steamboat.

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    This study guide provides information to help students prepare for a test on Westward Expansion. It includes sections to label a map of territories acquired by the US, define key terms like inventor and entrepreneur, answer multiple choice questions about details of westward expansion such as important people, events, and locations, and identify bodies of water and inventions on a labeled diagram. The guide covers topics ranging from the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Oregon Trail, Mexican Cession, and inventions that enabled westward movement like the cotton gin and steamboat.

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    This study guide provides information to help students prepare for a test on Westward Expansion. It includes sections to label a map of territories acquired by the US, define key terms like inventor and entrepreneur, answer multiple choice questions about details of westward expansion such as important people, events, and locations, and identify bodies of water and inventions on a labeled diagram. The guide covers topics ranging from the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Oregon Trail, Mexican Cession, and inventions that enabled westward movement like the cotton gin and steamboat.

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    This study guide provides information to help students prepare for a test on Westward Expansion. It includes sections to label a map of territories acquired by the US, define key terms like inventor and entrepreneur, answer multiple choice questions about details of westward expansion such as important people, events, and locations, and identify bodies of water and inventions on a labeled diagram. The guide covers topics ranging from the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Oregon Trail, Mexican Cession, and inventions that enabled westward movement like the cotton gin and steamboat.

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    Name: ______________________________________

    Westward Expansion
    Unit Test Study Guide

    Part I. Label this map with the correct names of each territory.

    Territory How did we get it? From which country?

    France

    Florida

    was an independent republic

    Oregon

    California

    Part II. Definitions.


    1. Define inventor:

    2. Define entrepreneur:
    Part III. The details.

    1. The Louisiana Purchase was made by , from


    . It the size of the United States.
    2. Meriwether and Clark were sent
    to explore the Louisiana Purchase. They traveled from the
    to the Pacific Ocean. They reached the Pacific Ocean by traveling on
    the River.
    3. In 1800, the United States’ western boundary was the
    . This made the
    the gateway to the west.
    4. The Mexican War started partly due to a dispute over the boundary between Texas
    and Mexico. Which river is currently the border between the US and Mexico?

    5. The Mexican Cession included a river previously explored by the Spanish. It is now
    the border between California and Arizona. What river is this?

    6. Which river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

    7. Inland port cities, such as Chicago, Buffalo and Detroit grew up around these
    bodies of water.
    8. The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and the right of the United
    States was known as .
    9. As people moved west, increased knowledge of overland trails such as the
    and the , made it
    safer to travel.
    10. List 4 additional reasons people moved west and give an example:
    a. Population growth in eastern states. Large number of immigrants moved to
    New York and Massachusetts. Many settled in cities like Boston and New York
    City
    b.

    c.
    d.

    Extra Credit:
    11. This territorial acquisition was a direct result of a slave revolt in Haiti.
    Explain.
    12. Part IV. Label the following bodies of water: Hudson Bay, Ohio River, Mississippi
    River, Missouri River, Rio Grande, Colorado River, Columbia River, St. Lawrence

    River, Great Lakes, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean


    Part IV. Inventions.
    Technology Who invented (or Result?
    improved) it?
    Eli Whitney

    Reaper

    Robert Fulton

    faster transportation on land

    Erie Canal

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