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Reshaping the Nation
Unit 4
Manifest Destiny
Section 9.2
Part 1: Use the Map on pages A20-A21 to complete the map. Complete the Key below to match your map.
Original 13 Colonies
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Convention of 1818
Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842)
Texas Annexation (1845)
Oregon Territory (1846)
Mexican Cession / Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
Use page 283 in your textbook to draw and
label the American Trails West
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Mormon Trail
Butterfield Overland Trail
“And that claim [US entitlement to the Oregon Territory] is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to
possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of
liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.”
--John O’ Sullivan, 1845
Part II: Complete the table below using the answers at the bottom of the page.
Territory
Year
Acquired
Original United States
1783
Louisiana Purchase
1803
British Cession
1818
Florida
1819
Texas
1845
Oregon Country
1846
Mexican Cession
1848
Gadsden Purchase
1853
Previous Owners
Britain
Spain
France
Republic of Texas
Mexico
Previous Owner
Circumstances of Acquisition
Circumstances of Acquisition
US annexed the Lone Star Republic
US purchased the land for $10 million
US received its independence and all land east of the Mississippi River
US compromised with Britain and the two had a joint occupation of the Oregon Territory
US and Britain officially set the border at the 49th parallel
US bought this land to secure the use of the Mississippi River
US received it through the Adams-Onis Treaty
US received this land in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo