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Directions for Station Walk:

Label each of the territories as you come across them in the stations.
Identify the key vocabulary.
Describe the Geographic Context for each territory.

Vocabulary:
_____________ to give up or surrender
_______________ giving up or surrendering something (such as land), often as a result of war
______________ to add a region to a country or state; to take control of a territory or place

Name ___________________________

Unit 3 - Lesson 1 - The American West Mr. Larsen Social Studies

THE GADSDEN PURCHASE

1853

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Directions: Read through the timeline provided, and describe why and how the United States came to acquire this territory.
THE GADSDEN PURCHASE - The Gadsden Purchase is located along the southern border between the Mexican Cession and Mexico. The United States decided to purchase this particular area of land because they wanted to build a railroad through the area.
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
THE FLORIDA CESSION
THE OREGON COUNTRY
THE TEXAS ANNEXATION
THE MEXICAN CESSION

Name ___________________________

Social Studies