Westward Expansion

The belief that the U.S. was meant to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as:

• the Monroe Doctrine
• The Louisiana Purchase
• Manifest Destiny
• The Jackson Action

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What would make the best title for this image?

• Monroe Doctrine
• The Industrial Revolution
• Attack of the 50 foot Woman
• Manifest Destiny

Which of the following is true about the Louisiana Purchase?

• James Monroe bought it
• It doubled the size of the U.S.
• We bought it from Spain
• All of these are true

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To Annex land means to:

• add to your own land

• conquer it

• give it up to another country

• buy it

The Gadsden Purchase is an area of land the U.S. bought from:

• Spain
• Mexico
• France
• Britain

The Mexican Cession is land that the United States took as a result of:

• annexation
• the War with Mexico
• a treaty with Britain
• the Mexican Revolution

Oregon became part of the United States as a result of:

• the Mexican War
• a purchase from France
• the Texan War for Independence
• a treaty with Britain

Florida became part of the United States as a result of:

• a purchase from Spain
• the Mexican War
• annexation
• the Revolutionary War

Which state used to part of Mexico

• Utah

• Missouri

• Kansas

• New York

Mexico had to ceded land after the Mexican War. Than means that they had to _____________ their land.

• addto

• conquer

• give up

• buy