Social Studies Alive Ch 18

Why did the United States want new acquisitions in the West?

• to have closer ties with Europe
• to protect the natural environment
• to study American Indian cultures
• to give people from the United States more land to farm and live on

Manifest destiny was the belief that the United States should

• expand to the Pacific Ocean.
• honor claims by other countries.
• give all citizens the right to vote.
• treat native peoples with respect.

Jefferson agreed to buy French land to the west so that

• . runaway slaves could not hide there.
• American Indians would have a place to live.
• American goods could move through New Orleans. 
• the United States would have an ally against Great Britain.

The United States got Florida from

• France
• Great Britain
• Mexico
• Spain

. Many Americans in Texas wanted freedom from Mexico so they could

• get free land.
• keep their slaves.
• build homes at the Alamo.
• help the American Indians.

The United States and Great Britain agreed on a boundary for the

• Oregon Country.
• Mexican Cession.
• Gadsden Purchase.
• . Louisiana Purchase.

Why did Mexico give up the territory called the Mexican Cession?

•  It received a large price.
• . It traded for other territory.
• . It had just lost a fierce war.
• It did not want desert lands.

. What was the main reason American Indians went onto reservations?

• They wanted better farmland.
• . The U.S. government forced them to move.
• Buffalo herds led them there.
• They formed an alliance with Mexicans.

In the 1800s, the Mexican government wanted more settlers, so it promised Americans

• . all Texas territory.
• a peace agreement.
• military support.
• free land in Texas. 

During Lewis and Clark's expedition, they met __________, a young Shoshone woman who joined their group

• Sacagawea 
• Seminoles
• Columbia
• . Livingston