Westward Expansion Review

Westward Expansion

Unit 6 Review

NORTHWEST TERRITORY - 1783

Multiple Select

[Select all that apply.]

Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The ordinance established the Northwest Territory, which included areas that are now:

• Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana

• Kentucky and Tennessee

• Wisconsin and Minnesota

• Missouri and Arkansas

Multiple Choice

In addition, the law protected civil liberties and required that public education be provided. Finally, the ordinance prohibited...

• taxation

• slavery

• imprisonment

LOUISIANA PURCHASE - 1803

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are TRUE about the Louisiana Purchase?

• In 1803, the US acquired only the port of New Orleans.

• It cost $30 million or six cents an acre

• It doubled the size of the United States.

Multiple Choice

Thomas Jefferson ultimately justified the Louisiana Purchase as being implied in the Constitution’s...

• Judicial Power

• General Welfare Clause

• Commerce Clause

• Treaty-Making Power

FLORIDA -1819

Multiple Choice

The United State acquired Florida from...

• Spain through the Adams-Onis Treaty

• France through the Treaty of Paris of 1763

• Mexico through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Great Britain through the Treaty of Paris of 1783

Multiple Choice

Samuel F.B. Morse has a plan that he hoped would speed communication. In May 1844, his idea was tested. What was Morse's idea?

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Telephone

• The Telegraph

• The Pony Express

TEXAS ANNEXATION - 1845

Multiple Choice

True or False?

Texas won its independence in 1836. In a vote held soon after the Battle of San Jacinto, Texans voted against annexation to the US by a vote of 3,277 to 93.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Who was the 1844 presidential candidate campaigning in support of "Manifest Destiny," including the annexation of Texas?

• William Henry Harrison

• John Tyler

• James Polk

• John Quincy Adams

OREGON TERRITORY - 1846

Multiple Choice

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —

• a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land

• Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 million

• the territory’s settlers voted for annexation by the United States

• Russia sold the land to the United States for $10

Multiple Choice

What latitude formed the Northern border following the Treaty of Oregon?

• 54°40’ N

• 49° N

• 49° S

• 54°40’ S

MEXICAN CESSION - 1848

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was one of the causes of the US-Mexican War?

• Disagreement over the construction of the transcontinental railroad

• Conflict over the forced removal of Native Americans to the West

• Dispute with Mexico over the southern Texas-Mexico border

Disputed Border

United States: border at Rio Grande River Mexico: border at Nueces River

Multiple Choice

Which statement correctly reflects the regional views of the war with Mexico?

• North opposed the war due to fears of the expansion of slavery.

• South opposed the war due to fears of the North having too much political power.

• The North supported the war as a way to expand their industrial interests.

• The West opposed the war out of fear of interference with the railroad.

Multiple Choice

Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau refused to pay a state poll tax to protest the war with Mexico. This is an example of...

• Disenfranchisement

• Civil Disobedience

• Popular Sovereignty

• Taxation without Representation

Multiple Select

[Select all that apply.]

Which of the following were terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Ended the U.S.-Mexican War

• United States paid Mexico $15 million

• Mexico ceded 525,000 square miles of land in Arizona, California, western Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah

• Mexico gave up all claims to Texas

Multiple Choice

What was the name given to the group of pioneers who went to California during the Gold Rush?

• The Nuggets

• The Golden Arches

• The Seventy-Sixers

• The Forty-Niners

Transcontinental Railroad

GASDEN PURCHASE - 1853

Multiple Choice

How much did the United states pay for the Gadsden Purchase? Who was it purchased from?

• $15 million to Spain

• $10 million to Mexico

• $15 million to Great Britain

• $10 million to France

Multiple Choice

The Gasden Purchase provided the land necessary for the United States to...

• mine for gold

• expand agricultural production

• construct a southern railroad