A Quick List Of What Needs To Be On Your Western Expansion Map

Western Expansion Map

Map Elements

Title

Heading

Key

Compass

Color

Bodies of Land (name, who we got it from in parenthesis, year)

Oregon Country

Mexican Cession

Louisiana Purchase

Gadsden Purchase

Texas Annexation

United States in 1800

Florida

Land ceded by Great Britain / Land adjusted with Great Britain

Trails (include starting and ending locations)

California Trail

Mormon Trail

Old Spanish Trail

Santa Fe Trail

Oregon Trail

Bodies of Water

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Mississippi River

Great Lakes (label all 5)

Gulf of Mexico

Great Salt Lake

Label

Canada

Mexico

Sources

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