Territorial & Economic Expansion 1830-1860 (Period 5 APUSH)

Open Ended

What examples from this painting demonstrate Americans' attitudes about westward expansion?

Open Ended

Why did Americans move to Mexican-owned Texas?

Multiple Choice

Why didn’t Texas become a state right away?

• Texas had no desire to be a member of the United States

• They were a slave state which would throw off the balance in Congress

• Americans overwhelmingly felt like Texas was stolen from Mexican and should be given back

• They didn’t have enough money to apply to the United States for statehood

Open Ended

Why was this border in dispute to begin with?

Multiple Choice

All of the following were things that interested Americans in the Oregon territory EXCEPT

• Fur trade

• Converting Native Peoples to Christianity

• Gold

• Farming

Multiple Choice

Before Texas became an independent nation it was part of....

• France

• the US

• Mexico

Multiple Choice

Many northerners opposed the war because they thought it was an attempt to ___________

• increase national debt

• expand slavery

• build seaports