Westward Expansion 2017

What geographic advantage did the United States obtain from the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

• warm water ports on the Atlantic coast
• rich fishing areas in the Great Lakes
• control of the Mississippi River
• valuable coal reserves in western Pennsylvania

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

Where was the Missouri Compromise line?

• 36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

• All of these answers are correct
• The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
• America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
• The U.S. recently annexed Texas

Who was the President and leader of the Mexican Army during the battle between Texas?

• Sam Houston
• William B. Travis
• James Fannin
• Santa Anna

Many Native American's were forced to ______to American  culture rather than be forced west.

• Assimilate
• Acculturate
• Transform
• Migrate to Europe

As Americans continued to claim western lands...Native Americans were forced to live on in the west

• Homesteads
• Deserts
• Nations
• Reservations

What was the valley called in which many settlers passed through the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky?

• Wilderness Road
• Lewis and Clark
• Cumberland Gap
• Boonesborough

What standards did Americans have to achieve to receive free land from Mexico?

• Become a Mexican citizen, convert to Roman Catholicism
• Move to Mexico and and convert to Christianity 
• Join Mexican war efforts 
• Move to Mexico