Westward Expansion

Which territory was added through the Adam-Onis treaty with Spain?

• Oregon
• Louisiana
• Texas 
• Florida

Which territory was added as a result of the Mexican War?

• California
• Florida
• Oregon
• Louisiana

Which of the following completes the diagram above?

• slaveholding state

• bordered by the Pacific

• formerly part of Mexico

• dependent on heavy industry

The numbered river on this map played a major role in -

• the defeat of British troops at the Battle of Saratoga

• the exploration of new territory acquired from France

• the defeat of British invaders at the Battle of Fort McHenry

• the settlement of territory previously claimed by the Dutch

Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• A

• B

• C

• D

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the -

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• U.S.-Mexican War

• Civil War

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when -

• a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land

• Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 million

• the territory's settlers voted for annexation by the United States

• Russia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 million

As a result of the Oregon Treaty, the US achieved its goal of...

• expanding westward to the Pacific Ocean
• acquiring land for the southwest railroad
• building a McDonalds
• securing the southern border of the country

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas
• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1854
• Nebraskan settlers who supported Ariel becoming human mo to Kansas
• the boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south

US Secretary of War Jefferson Davis had sent Gadsden to negotiate with Santa Anna for the land. Davis valued it, as did others, as the perfect tract for the construction of the southern transcontinental railroad. The railroad would connect western territories to the east and north, greatly increasing the accessibility of these new lands.
According to this, the Gadsden Purchase was intended to...

• support settlement of US territory gained through the US-Mexican War
• encourage commerce among US states formed from the Louisiana Purchase
• allow thee US and Mexico to share railroad construction costs
• encourage more people to visit Disney Land