Westward Expansion Review

1. The US bought the Louisiana Purchase from __________?

• Spain
• England
• Mexico
• France

The U.S. acquired Florida through a treaty with 

• Spain
• Great Britain
• Mexico
• France

Texas became part of the USA after winning its independence from __________________.

• Spain
• Great Britain
• Mexico
• France

_____ and _____ explored territory bought from France.

• Lewis Clark
• Jefferson Madison
• Lewis Jefferson
• Mason Madison

The U.S. acquired California and the southwest as part of territory captured in the ___________ War.

• Revolutionary
• Mexican
• Spanish-American
• Civil

Many settlers moved to California in 1849 to look for_______.

• land
• gold
• freedom
• jobs

Many Americans thought that expansion was good and a right of the country.  This is called 

• expansion
• immigration
• Manifest Destiny
• our right

These two trails were routes taken by many settlers traveling west. 

• Oregon and Western
• Santa Fe and Oregon
• Santa Fe and Golden
• Oregon and Southwest

What was not a factor in the expansion west?

• gold
• lumber
• a Northwest passage
• cheap and fertile land

Many Americans in this group were seeking freedom in the western territories.  Who were they?

• Runaway slaves
• Immigrants