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.

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.

• find gold.

What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 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

The primary goal of Manifest Destiny was..

• to end slavery in the new territories.

• to remove European influence from South America.

• expand westward to the Pacific Ocean.

• secede southern states from the nation.

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains

• crossing rivers

• the Great Plains

• all of the above

I just moved to America in search of gold. Instead, I took a job working on the Transcontinental Railroad. I am paid less than white workers, even though I am a hard worker.

• African American
• European Immigrant
• Mexican American
• Asian Immigrant

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

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Oregon
• California