Events

Question 1

Westward Expansion

Answer 1

government policies which helped to gain territories in the west

Question 2

Mexican War

Answer 2

a war that lasted 1 1/2 years, but was won easily by the US because the US had better weapons and leadership

Question 3

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Answer 3

an expedition consisting of a group of explorers led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that explored western North America

Question 4

American System

Answer 4

a system proposed by Henry Clay which called for the government to help with internal improvements

Question 5

Gasden Purchase

Answer 5

a purchase named after James Gadsen in which the US purchased more territory from Mexico that would eventually make up the southern part of Arizona and Mexico

Question 6

Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 6

a treaty which stated that the United States had won area in the present-day states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming

Question 7

Industrial Revolution

Answer 7

a period in American (and world history) when the focus was on machines, factories, and industry