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Social Studies Westward Expansion Study Guide
Chapter 10.2: Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase:
Lewis and Clark Expedition:
Sacajawea:
Zebulon Pike:
Chapter 13
Oregon Country:
Mountain man
Rugged individualist
Rendezvous
Oregon Trail
Dictator
Tejano
Alamo
Battle of San Jacinto
Lone Star Republic
Annex
Santa Fe Trail
Manifest Destiny
Bear Flag Republic
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Cede
Mexican cession:
Gadsden Purchase
Mormons
Refuge
Sutter’s Mill
Forty-niner
Vigilante
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Questions to Know (Chapter 10.2 and Chapter 13)
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Why was Napoleon willing to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
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What goals did Jefferson set for the Lewis and Clark expedition?
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Were Lewis and Clark successful in accomplishing the goals set out for them?
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What is the concept of Manifest Destiny?
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How did John Gast depict Manifest Destiny in his painting? Why did he use this image?
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Why did so many Americans move westward between 1830-1860?
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Why was the Oregon Territory so appealing to Americans?
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What was discovered in California? What effect did this discovery have on this area? Who were the
Forty-Niners?
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What were the effects of the Gold Rush?
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Who founded the Mormon religion? Why were Mormons persecuted for their beliefs? Who led the
Mormons to settle in present-day Utah? What trail did they take?
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How long was the typical trip to the West? What was life like on the Oregon, Santa Fe, and
California Trails?
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What happened to the Donner Party?
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What role did mountain men play in westward expansion? How did the economics of the fur trade
affect the lives of mountain men? Define rendezvous.
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Why were southerners attracted to Texas, which was Mexican territory, in the 1820s? What did
these southerners have to agree to if they settled in Texas?
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What issues caused tension between American settlers in Texas and the Mexican government?
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Why did Texans revolt for their independence in 1836? What is the significance of the Alamo and
the Battle of San Jacinto?
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Why did Texas apply for annexation to the United States? Why did it take the U.S. almost a decade
to admit Texas as a U.S. state? Did Texas come in as a free or slave state?
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Who won the Election of 1844?
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What were the causes of the Mexican War?
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What were the results of the Mexican War? What land did the U.S. acquire in the Treaty of
Guadalupe-Hidalgo?