USI.8a-d Expansion and Reform

Which of the following was not a territory added to the United States?

• Louisiana Territory

• Florida

• Northwest Territory

• Oregon

• California & Southwest

What did the purchase of this territory do for the United States?

• Doubled the size of the nation

• Opened up the gold fields

• Doubled the population of the nation

• Caused the nation to go to war with Spain

What territory was added to the nation as a result of the Mexican-American War?

• Oregon

• Florida

• Louisiana

• California and the Southwest

"We are, therefore, forced to the melancholy conclusion, that the Mexican people have acquiesced in the destruction of their liberty, and the substitution therefore of a military government; that they are unfit to be free, and incapable of self government."

Which territory wrote this in their declaration of Independence from Mexico?

• Texas

• Florida

• Oregon

• Ohio

Select the 2 countries that divided the Oregon Territory.

• France

• Great Britain

• Spain

• United States

Which of the following is not a reason people moved west?

• Population Growth in the east

• Economic Opportunities

• Availability of cheap, fertile land

• Treaty with American Indians

• Cheaper and Faster Transportation

What does this painting represent?

• Manifest Destiny

• Progressivism

• Suffragists

• Constitutional Government

This canal provided for a faster route westward.

• Hudson

• Panama

• James

• Erie

What invention increased the need for what is seen here?

• The Reaper

• The Cotton Gin

• The Steamboat

• The Plow

He is responsible for the advancement of the steamboat.

• Jo Anderson

• Eli Whitney

• Robert Fulton

• Ben Franklin