Westward Expansion Document-based Activity
Answer the questions below on your own paper.
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Using the map, place the letter of the correct answer next to the first five questions. a. Columbia River 1. The Lewis and Clark Expedition started from St. Louis and traveled all the way to _________, the goal of the trip. 2. The explorers started out on the _________. 3. The explorers spent the first winter with the _______ tribe. 4. On the final day of the stretch of the trip west, they traveled on the __________. 5. At the end of their trip west, they built a fort named _______.
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6. What year experienced the steepest decline
in U.S. imports and exports? 7. What year experienced the steepest increase in U.S. imports and
exports? 8. During what year did U.S. imports reach
$140 million? 9. During what year were imports
at their lowest point?
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10.
Which trail to the West was the longest? 11. What town was the starting
point for both the Oregon Trail and the Sante Fe Trial? 12. Where did the Oregon Trail
end? 13. Which of the following
Native American tribes would a settler be unlikely to encounter
on the Sante Fe Trail?
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14.
What does this time line represent? 15. Which
of the following events occurred last? 16. On what date did General Taylor
win the battle of Buena Vista? . |
17.
What event happened earliest?
a. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed.
b. General Scott landed near Veracruz.
c. Mexican and American troops clashed near the Rio Grande.
d. Americans gained control of Mexico City.
18.
What did the United States acquire through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
a. Mexican Cession
b. Oregon Territory
c. Gadsden Purchase
d. all of the above