Westward expansion

Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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 identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819? 

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

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 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 document had these characteristics in the image?

• Declaration of Independence
• U.S. Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Northwest Ordinance