Expansion & Division Quiz Review

During which time period did most territorial expansion of the United States take place?

• Early 1700s
• Early 1800s
• Late 1700s
• Late 1800s

Name the piece of Land.

• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession 
• Louisiana Purchase 
• Florida Cession

What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the Mexican War of 1846 have in common?

• They brought about a war with Spain.
• They increased the territory of the United States.
• Each resulted in territory annexed by the United States.
• Each involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.

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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 Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?

• It led to war. 
• It doubled the nation's size.
• It limited trade opportunities.
• It led to the discovery of a water route across the country.

Texans fought for independence against what country?

• United States
• Mexico
• France
• Great Britain

Who did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase from?

• Spain
• France
• Great Britain
• Mexico

Which of the following land acquisitions did not include any bloodshed?

• Louisiana Purchase
• Mexican-American War
• Annexation of Texas
• Adam-Onis Treaty (Florida)

What president was most responsible for the Indian Removal Act?

• Andrew Jackson
• James K Polk
• Thomas Jefferson
• William Henry Harrison

Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Indian Removal Act?

• To resist the law, the Native Americans created an alliance with Mexico and threatened war against the US
• 1 out of every 4 Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears
• Native Americans in the southeast were forced to migrate and relocate
• Indian Reservations were established