Westward Expansion

This painting was completed in 1864, just before the end of the Civil War. At that time, what idea did the western frontier represent to many Americans?

• The need to establish national parks

• The threat of industrial pollution

• The abundance of wildlife

• The promise of a new beginning for the nation.

What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase

• Thirteen Colonies

• Mexican Cession

• Oregon County

What is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819? 

• 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

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

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains

• crossing rivers

• the great plains

• all of the above

What did the westward expansion offer for former slaves?

• food

• wealth

• land

• a new beginning and freedom

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

• Texas

• Louisiana

• Oregon

• California