Westward Expansion- Events

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

 Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war between the United States and Mexico?

• Treaty of Paris
• Adam-Onis Treaty
• Treaty of Washington
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

Who was responsible for purchasing the Louisiana Territory?

• Meriwether Lewis
• William Clark
• Thomas Jefferson
• Napoleon Bonaparte

What was the purpose of Lewis and Clark's expedition?

• They were sent to make maps and document new plants and animals.
• They were sent to settle in the west.
• They were sent to arrest Napoleon Bonaparte.
• They were sent to purchase new land.

What was another reason Lewis and Clark explored the west?

• They met up with mountain men and exchanged maps.
• They found a route for the train to come through.
• They built relationships with the Native Americans for trading.

Mexico gave up what is today southwestern US to avoid possible annexation of the entire country for $15 million.

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican-American War

• Mexican Cession

This ended the Mexican War and resulted in the gain of southwestern lands by the US during the Mexican Cession.

• Mexican Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Paris Treaty

• Texas War for Independence.

An 1803 agreement between France and the United States that doubled the size of the US and assured an open Mississippi River.

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Mexican Cession

• Louisiana Purchase

• New Orleans Treaty

This was used to describe the spread of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

• Go West Young Man

• Carpe Diem

• Push Pull Theory

• Manifest destiny.

Which President made the Louisiana Purchase?

• Madison
• Adams
• Jefferson
• Monroe