Westward Expansion review

How many people were required to live in a territory before it could elect a legislature?

• 5,000
• 60,000
• 10,000
• 500

What did Congress sell to pay off their debts?

• food

• money

• they couldn't pay back their debts

• land in the Northwest Territory

In order to become a state, territories had to have which of the following?

• $1,000,000
• 5000 people
• 60,000 free men
• slaves

After an area in the Northwest Territory reached 5,000 free, adult, white, men, they could elect a __________.

• Govenor
• President
• legislature
• judge

What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington 
• Andrew Jackson
• William Henry Harrison

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from what country?

• Great Britain
• France
• Russia
• Spain

How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?

• $100,000
• $1 million
• $15 million
• $100 million

What doubled the size of the US?

• Mexico
• Canada Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase
• California Purchase

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
• The belief that their destiny was to manifest
• A religious term used to explain how to be saved

As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?

• They agreed to give up their land.
• They were given their choice of where to live.
• They were forced to live in reservations.
• They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9