Westward Expansion US History

Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny Review

Review for Ch. 14 Test

Answer the following questions about Manifest Destiny.

You may use your notes

Be Ready to identify all of the colored areas.

The Louisiana Purchase

1803

Multiple Choice

What colored section is the Louisiana Purchase?

• Yellow

• Green

• Orange

• Blue

Multiple Choice

Who was President when we purchased the Louisiana Territory?

• Adams

• Monroe

• Jackson

• Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Who did we purchase Louisiana from?

• Britain

• France

• Mexico

• Russia

Multiple Choice

What are the physical boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase?

• Rocky mountains to the Pacific

• Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains to the East Coast

Multiple Choice

What year did we gain this territory?

• 1803

• 1804

• 1991

• 1888

The Purchase of Florida

1819-1821

Multiple Choice

What section on the map is the Florida territory?

• Green

• Brown

• Purple

• Orange

Multiple Choice

Who was President when we purchased Florida?

• Jefferson

• Monroe

• Polk

• Peirce

Multiple Choice

Who did we purchase Florida from?

• Mexico

• Spain

• France

• Britain

Multiple Choice

What treaty did we sign that gave us the Florida territory?

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Convention of 1818

• Treaty of Saratoga

Multiple Choice

What year(s) did we purchase Florida?

• 1803-1804

• 1819-1821

• 1845-1849

• 1853-1900

Oregon Country

1846

Multiple Choice

What section on the map is Oregon Country?

• Blue

• Brown

• Green

• Yellow

Multiple Select

What four countries had land claims to Oregon Country? (Click all that apply)

• United States

• Britain

• Mexico

• Spain

• Russia

Multiple Choice

What is an agreement between nations in which citizens from both countries could settle there?

• joint occupation

• shared control

• Open Boarders Policy

Multiple Choice

Who was the last country to challenge our control of Oregon?

• Russia

• Spain

• Mexico

• Britain

Multiple Choice

Who was President when we gained Oregon Country?

• Monroe

• Madison

• Jefferson

• Polk

Multiple Choice

What year did we gain Oregon Country?

• 1845

• 1846

• 1847

• 1803

Multiple Choice

What were the names of the first people to go to Oregon Country?

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Mountain men

• Valley men

Multiple Choice

What did Mountain Men do as jobs?

• trapped and hunted animals for their furs then became guides

• translated for the native americans

• They didn't have jobs

• scouted the area & wrote about it. After they published their work they became guides

Multiple Choice

Who were two famous mountain men who lived in the west and worked as guides?

• Jim Bowie & William B. Travis

• Kit Carson & Jim Bridger

• Sam Houston & James Madison

The Annexation of Texas

1845

Multiple Choice

What section on the map is the Texas Territory?

• Blue

• Green

• Yellow

• Brown

Multiple Choice

What year did we annex Texas?

• 1846

• 1845

• 1847

• 1849

Multiple Choice

Why did it take so long to annex Texas?

• They wanted to enter as a free state.

• They wanted to enter as a slave state & Mexico did not recognize their independence

• They wanted to enter as a free state & Mexico did not recognize their independence

• They wanted to join Mexico

Multiple Choice

What President finally annexed Texas?

• Jackson

• Tyler

• Monroe

• Polk

Multiple Select

Why did Andrew Jackson refuse to annex Texas? (click all that apply)

• Did not want to upset the balance of power in Congress

• He did not believe in slavery

• He did not want to risk war with Mexico

• It went against the Missouri Compromise

Multiple Choice

Who was the commander of the Texan forces and president of Texas after they won their independence?

• Andrew Jackson

• Jim Bowie

• Sam Houston

• William B Travis

The Mexican Cession Territory

1848

Multiple Choice

What region on the map is the Mexican Cession Territory?

• Light orange

• yellow

• blue

• green

Multiple Choice

What year did we gain the Mexican Cession?

• 1848

• 1849

• 1845

• 1846

Multiple Choice

We gained the Mexican Cession Territory after we

• Won the U.S Mexican War

• Paid Mexico 16 million dollars

• bought the territory for railway reasons

• Britain gave up their claims

Multiple Choice

What President went to war with Mexico to get the Mexican Cession?

• Polk

• Jefferson

• Jackson

• Santa Anna

Multiple Choice

What treaty was signed to end the U.S Mexican War?

• The Treaty of Saratoga

• The Treaty of Mexico

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• The Treaty of Washington on the Brazos

The Gadsden Purchase

1853

Multiple Choice

What section on the map is the Gadsden Purchase?

• yellow

• purple

• green

• brown

Multiple Choice

Why did we purchase the Gadsden Territory?

• for railway purposes

• for resolve the border dispute

• for telegraph reasons

• because it was pretty

Multiple Choice

How much did we pay for the Gadsden Purchase?

• 15 million

• 16 million

• 10 million

• 20 million

Multiple Choice

Who was President when we bought the Gadsden Territory?

• Peirce

• Polk

• Jefferson

• Monroe

Multiple Choice

What year did we gain the territory?

• 1853

• 1845

• 1854

• 1835

Vocabulary you need to study off of your Ch. 14 TEK Notes.

• Ranchos

• Ranchero

• "Business & Pleasure"

• Forty-niners

• Easternmost

• Westernmost

• Vigilantes

Vocab Continued

• Oregon Trail

• Californios

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Texas Declaration of Independence

• Travel west could be boring and slow

• What the end result of Mexico offering new land to settlers was.

Great Job! Do not forget to look over your TEK notes.