Westward Expansion

What did the Northwest Ordinance contribute to the US?

• A new way to admit states to the US
• Annexed California
• Acquired Oregon from Britain
• Bought Florida from Spain

What population was needed to become a state?

• 60,000
• 70,000
• 100,000
• 100

What was the Oregon Trail?

• Route by the American to Oregon that began in Missouri
• Route to California by Irish
• Route from Oregon to the US
• The path Lewis and Clark took

When and who did the US acquire Florida for $5 million?

• Spain 1819
• France 1803
• Britain 1818
• Mexico 1848

What was Manifest Destiny?

• God given right to move west. It was the US fate to move West
• The idea of growing industry
• Expanding an agrarian society
• Creating relations with Asia

What was a reason to move West?

• Spread democracy
• Create trade with Japan
• To make new wars
• Make Europe upset

What year was Texas annexed?

• 1845
• 1850
• 1803
• 1836

The US believed this river was the actual border of Texas....

• Nueces River
• Rio Grande River
• Colorado River
• Erie Lake

Who was sent to take Texas land from Mexico, thus starting a war?

• Zachary Taylor
• James K. Polk
• Lewis and Clark
• Jefferson Davis

Why did the Irish leave their home country?

• A potato famine was killing everyone of starvation 
• There was a civil war in Ireland
• Catholics were taking over
• Ireland was burned down