Grade 7 Social Studies                                                             Name___________________

Mr. Anthes                                                                               Date____________________

Westward Expansion

Review Sheet

I.                     Manifest Destiny

·         Definition

·         Adams-Onis

·         Louisiana Purchase

·         Annexation of Texas

·         Oregon Territory

·         Oregon Country (Territory)

·         Gadsen Purchase

II.                   Mexican War

·         Border Dispute

·         Battles

·         Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

III.                 Texas’s War for Independence

·         The Alamo

·         Battle of San Jacinto

·         General Santa Anna

·         American Leaders

IV.                 Oregon Trail

·         Reasons for Traveling

·         Life on the Trail

·         Modes of Travel

V.                   Trail of Tears

·         Andrew Jackson

·         Cherokees

·         Why was it called the Trail of Tears?

VI.                 California Gold Rush

·         When did it happen?

·         Who went?

·         Why did they go?

VII.               Lewis and Clark

·         Louisiana Purchase

·         Northwest Passage

·         Thomas Jefferson

·         Sacajawea

·         Corp of Discovery