Westward Expansion Review 1

What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size. 

• Texas Annexation 
• Louisiana Purchase
• Northwest Territory
• Mexican Cession

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

What was the Indian Removal Act?

• All NA had to move to Europe
• All NA had to move to Canada
• all NA east of the Mississippi are forced to move to a territory in Oklahoma
• All NA west of the Mississippi River had to move to Oklahoma

Based on the excerpt, which purpose does O’Sullivan give for the expansion of the United States to Oregon?

• Maintaining slavery
• Spreading democracy
• Increasing capitalism
• Promoting   immigration

Which location in the map was the eventual end of the Mormon Trail?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

How does the artist demonstrate a belief in Manifest Destiny?

• Women are shown leading pioneers to new lands.
• Farmers are shown plowing land and hunting animals.
• Pioneers are shown moving west bringing new transportation and communication technologies.
• New technologies are shown being used to defeat American Indian tribes already living in the West.

Americans believed they were responsible for spreading __________ with Manifest Destiny. 

• Fear
• Inequality
• Democracy
• Monarchy

The Mormon Trail led to

• California
• Oregon
• Utah
• Texas