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Westward Expansion: 1800-1850s

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Match each
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event with the person (or people) who accomplished them.

Can you find the words from the list below?

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Andrew Jackson

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James
N E T J O B F O T X V O X U A E

Thomas Jefferson

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John C. Calhoun
Sacagawea
Lewis and Clark

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into law the Indian Removal Act of 1830 which allowed the purchase of

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of Missouri:

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representative
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Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War. He was one of the main authors
of the Compromise of 1850.
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Made the first journey by citizens of the United States to the west coast and the
Color the
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Beans
Pacific Ocean. They traveled from Missouri to Oregon and made contact with
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many native tribes along the way.
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Fifth president of the United States and author of the Doctrine that stated that
Algonquian
the United States would no longer tolerate European intervention and colonization
Missouri
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in the Americas.
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ANSWER: JEFFERSON CIT Y

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6. Purchased the Louisiana Territory

from France, which, at the time, doubled
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the size of the United States. This was known as the Louisiana Purchase. This
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started the western expansion
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marked
the first
new territory added to the
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United States.

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7. A senator from South Carolina and vice president under two different
presiANSWER:
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dents, he was a strong supporter of States rights and a strict opponent of the
Compromise of 1850.

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