US History 8th Unit 07 Westward Expansion STAAR

What is the American belief to own land to the Pacific Ocean?

• Manifest Destiny

• Northwest Ordinance

• Louisiana Purchase

• Adams Onis Treaty

What turned territories into states?

• Manifest Destiny

• Northwest Ordinance

• Louisiana Purchase

• Adams Onis Treaty

What did Lewis and Clark explore?

• Manifest Destiny

• Northwest Ordinance

• Louisiana Purchase

• Adams Onis Treaty

What was obtained from Great Britain in 1846 (Border Dispute) 54-40 or Fight!?

• Oregon Country

• Northwest Ordinance

• Louisiana Purchase

• Adams Onis Treaty

Why did many northerners oppose the Mexican War?

• Another slave state would be added

• He refused to pay his taxes

• California Gold Rush

• Violated North West Ordinance

Why did many northerners oppose the Mexican War?

• The Oregon Territory conflict

• Another slave state would be added

• It stopped Manifest Destiny

• It violated the Missouri Compromise

How did Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau protest the Mexican War?

• He joined the Army and refused to fight

• He wrote anti-war pamphlets

• He attended rallies with Frederick Douglas

• He refused to pay his taxes

What started the Mexican War?

• The Louisiana Purchase

• Border dispute with Mexico (Rio Grande v. the Nueces Rivers)

• The Adams Onis Treaty

• California Gold Rush

What ended the Mexican American war also known as the Mexican Cession?

• Treaty of Velasco

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

What happened in 1849?

• California Gold Rush

• North West Ordinance passed

• Thoreau was jailed by the IRS

• Texas joined the Union