Ch. 13: 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

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 Territory

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

Which group of people were persecuted, or badly treated, by their neighbors in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, and then decided to move to Utah?

• Mormon pioneers
• Goshute Native Americans
• Pioneers headed to Oregon
• The Donner-Reed party

Which of the following is NOT a hardship the Pioneers faced while traveling west?

• sickness

• running out of food and water

• meeting new friends and families

• rough terrain and strong rivers that must be crossed

Which of the following was an effect of westward expansion on the American Indians?

• American Indians controlled trade and supplies and this led to settler poverty

• American Indians were forced to live on reservations, which separated from white pioneers

• American Indian tribes were moved East to make way for westward-moving American settlers

• American Indians' culture became widely accepted by white settlers

Why did families travel west to make a new home?

• land

• freedom

• money

• all of the above

What territory did we acquire after a Mexican war?

• California and the Southwest territory
• Oregon
• Texas
• Louisiana

What territory was added to the U.S. after it fought Mexico and became an independent republic?

• California and the Southwest territory

• Oregon

• Texas

• Louisiana