Form 12: U.S. Territorial Growth: Florida Acquisition (1819) Exercise

Form 12: U.S. Territorial Growth: Florida Acquisition (1819)

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Form 12: U.S. Territorial Growth: Florida Acquisition (1819)

Explore the 1819 acquisition of Florida and its role in U.S. territorial expansion. Identify the geographical changes and historical significance of this boundary agreement.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    Which treaty officially ceded Florida from Spain to the United States in 1819?

  2. MultiChoice

    Which country controlled Florida prior to its acquisition by the United States?

  3. MultiChoice

    Which military commander led U.S. troops into Spanish Florida during the First Seminole War?

  4. MultiChoice

    What line of latitude was established as Spain's northern territorial boundary in the 1819 treaty?

  5. MultiChoice

    How much in citizen damage claims against Spain did the U.S. assume in exchange for Florida?

  6. MultiChoice

    Which river historically separated East Florida from West Florida?

  7. MultiChoice

    Which nation surrendered its territorial claims to the Oregon Country in the 1819 Adams-Onís Treaty?

  8. MultiChoice

    Which bodies of water border the Florida peninsula?

  9. MultiChoice

    Why was Spanish Florida viewed as a problem by plantation owners in the American South?

  10. MultiChoice

    In what year did Florida officially become an organized U.S. territory after treaty ratification?

  11. MultiChoice

    In what year was Florida admitted as the 27th state of the Union?

  12. MultiChoice

    Which Native American tribe fought repeated wars against removal from their ancestral Florida lands?