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Theyab, WK 41, ESS, Assignment 11, Unit 2, North America West of the Mississippi River, Chapter 5, Lesson 2, Early Settlements, Westward expansion, Page 156-161

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During which month does Redding Californica receive it's highest precipitation?

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List 3 types of fruit the Spanish brought to California to grow on their farms.

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What effect did westword expansion and changing the great plains into farms and ranches have on biodiversity in the region?

Complete the time line by matching key events during the westward expansion of the United States.
U.S. annexes Texas.
1803
U.S. buys Alaska from Russia.
1845
U.S. annexes Hawaii.
1846
President Jeff erson buys Louisiana Territory from France.
1848
U.S. gains control of Oregon and Washington from Great Britain.
1867
U.S. gets California, Utah, Nevada, parts of Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, and New Mexico
from Mexico.
1900
The first people to live in the western states were the Spanish.
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The American desire for California and other western lands led to a war with Mexico.
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False
Reservations were especially suited for farming.
True
False
Early houses built on the Great Plains were made entirely of wood.
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Of what materials were teepees made?
animal hides and poles
cotton or wool cloth
What event led to the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Louisiana Purchase
Spanish-American War
What did some people who disapproved of its purchase call the area of Alaska?
Seward’s Folly
Sherman’s Folly
What term is used to describe a region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area?
frontier
suburb