Assignment 5.01: Questions And Answers

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5.06 Assignment

1. Describe events that explain the border differences between these maps. Use information from the maps and the lesson in your response. Use complete sentences.
Answer: The differences in border territories show the expansion of the U.S. Lone Star Republic, Oregon Territory, Disputed Texas Territory, Mexican Cession, and Gadsden Purchase were all boundary lines on the map. The UK and US claimed the Oregon territory. When Mexico renounced about ½ a million square miles of land it was named Mexican cession.

2. Besides land, what did the United States gain from expansion? Use information from the maps and the lesson in your response. Use complete sentences.
Answer: They gained resources and materials