Westward Expansion

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —

• a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land
• Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 million 
• the territory’s settlers voted for annexation by the United States
• Russia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 million

Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to

• obey the Book of Mormon

• prosper in the fur trade

• seek out religious freedom

• gold

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 piece of land was purchased in order to build something in the South? What did they want to build?

• Mexican Cession/Trails
• Louisiana Territory/Canals
• transcontinental/Oregon Country
• Gadsden Purchase/Railroad

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories
• removal of European influence from South America
• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
• secession of southern states from the nation

Which territory did we buy from France that doubled the size of our nation?

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Oregon
• California

Which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848?

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Oregon
• California

Which of the following territories did we gain from Spain in 1819 through the signing of a treaty?

• Florida
• Texas
• Louisiana
• Oregon

Which two men are famous for their expedition of the Louisiana Purchase?

• Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
• Meriwether Lewis and James Madison
• William Clark and Thomas Jefferson
• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark