Westward Expansion #1

• 13 Colonies 
• Louisiana Purchase 1803
• Texas 1845
• Oregon 1846

• Northwest Territory
• Florida/Louisiana ceded by Spain 1819
• Mexican Cession 1848
• Mississippi ceded by Spain 1810

Which territory did Jefferson buy from France?

• Louisiana Purchase
• Florida 
• Oregon
• Northwest Territory

• Adams-Onis Treaty, Florida - 1818
• Webster Ashburton Treaty with England - 1842
• Louisiana Purchase - 1803
• Oregon Territory - 1846

Manifest Destiny was the belief that...

• It was the United States' obvious fate to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
• Native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.
• the United States should respect the land claims of countries.
• all people in the United States should have the right to vote.

What was the main reason the US wanted to acquire the Louisiana Territory?

• religious freedom
• to give the native Americans a place to live
• to gain control of the port of New Orleans
• so that slaves no longer had a place to run to

This is the official document that helps territories become a state.

• Northwest Ordinance
• Webster-Ashburton Treaty
• Monroe Doctrine
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide for the orderly expansion of the United States?

• It provided the president with the power to sign treaties with foreign powers to buy additional territory
• It provided a review process for laws in new territories and states.
• It provided procedures for establishing territories and creating states.

How did many Americans act on their belief that the United States in the nineteenth century had a manifest destiny?

• Many settlers moved west to start a new life.
• Many women demanded equality and the right to vote.
• Many farmers switched from food crops to cash crops.