Westward Expansion

What did America want to build in the land we acquired from the Gadsden Purchase?

• Factories

• Cities

• Railroad

• Canals

What was a main cause of the Mexican-American War?

• Rebels taking over the Alamo

• Border dispute over where Texas began

• Human rights abuses in Mexico

• Santa Anna's farewell address

What event happened that made San Francisco a major city?

• invention of the cotton gin

• completion of the Panama Canal

• completion of the trans-continental railroad

• California gold rush

What was the name of the huge chunk of land that America got after the Mexican-American War?

• Gadsden Purchase

• Oregon territory

• Mexican Cession

• Texas Annexation

Which treaty ended the Mexican-American war and gave America a huge chunk of land?

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Treaty of Paris

• Adam-Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Ghent

Which country did we get the Oregon Territory from?

• Spain

• Mexico

• England

• Canada

What was the name of the American belief in getting all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean called?

• Sea to shining sea

• Democracy

• Americanism

• Manifest Destiny

Wanting to spread Christianity to the natives living in the west would be what type of motivation?

• social

• politcal

• economic

Wanting to find gold out west would be what type of motivation?

• social

• politcal

• economic

Which president's election is most associated with manifest destiny?

• Andrew Jackson

• Franklin Pierce

• Zachery Taylor

• James Polk