Chapter 15 Manifest Destiny and the Growing Nation

Before the early 1800s, which two countries claimed the Louisiana Territory?

• Russia and Mexico

• Canada and Mexico

• United States and Great Britain

• France and Spain

Pioneers and settles who moved west to Oregon for fertile soil and plenty resources were accused of having this "sickness."

• Pennsylvania Plague

• California Chickenpox

• St. Louis Smallpox

• Oregon Fever

It was the belief that God it was God's plan to expand across the American Continent.

• Manifest Destiny

• American Progress

• Oregon Fever

• Fifty-four Forty or Fight!

This land acquisition nearly doubled the size of the United States.

• Annexation of Texas

• Gadsen Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Purchase of Florida

Texans of Mexican decent were called

• Mex-Texans

• Tejanos

• Filipinos

• Cubans

The United States acquired land in all of these ways EXCEPT

• through war.

• through treaties.

• through settlement.

• through inheritance.

Adding a state to the rest of the country

• Territory

• Diplomacy

• Annexation

• Manifest Destiny

The United States President who compromised with Great Britain and signed a treaty to divide Oregon at the 49th parallel.

• Stephen Austin

• James Polk

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

He was nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready" and defeated Mexican troops in 1847 at Buena Vista.

• Zachary Taylor

• James Polk

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

Which of these was an incentive (reason for) traveling to Oregon Country?

• gold

• fertile farmland

• religious freedom

• Canadian citizenship