Westward Expansion

Which expedition increased understanding in the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase

• The Donner Party

• Stanley's search for Livingstone

• Lewis & Clark

• Columbus

Jefferson got control of the Mississippi River through

• The Louisiana Purchase

• Gadsden Purchase

• Mexican cession

• The Oregon Treaty

One reason Americans justified war with Mexico was because of

• Its potential to be a territory to place Native Americans

• Mexicans refusal to follow the same religion as them

• Fertile soil located there

• Their belief in Manifest Destiny

Which slogan best refers to Americans willingness to fight for the Oregon Territory

• Live free or die trying

• 54° 40´ or Fight!

• Remember the Alamo!

• Atlantic to Pacific or Fight!

Florida is the only state that was an independent nation before joining America

• True

• False

The event where Americans fought bravely but all died was

• The Battle of Bad Axe

• Custer's Last Stand

• The Alamo

• The Battle of Little Bighorn

Which President is known for defying the Supreme Court and carrying out the Indian Removal Act

• Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Jackson

• James K Polk

• Anderson Cooper

Bae?

• True

• False

• No comment

Which policy was used to justify U.S. expansion to the Pacific Ocean

• Manifest Destiny

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Indian Removal Act

• The Homestead Act

Mexican Cession is

• When they gave up the lands in Florida

• The forced removal of Mexicans from their ancestral homelands

• When they gave up California, New Mexico, Nevada and Arizona

• When they signed the treaty that gave America the Oregon Territory