Westward Expansion SOL 8ab review

How did the United States acquire Florida?

• Through a war with Mexico

• Bought it from France

• Through a treaty with Spain

• After it had been an Independent Republic

What are the two main reasons settlers went west?

• Geographic and economic

• Geographic and political

• Economic and religious

• Geographic and religious

Select all the economic reasons people went west

• Logging

• Gold Rush

• Cheaper and faster transportation

• Too crowded in the east

What is the idea that expansion was for the good and right of the country called?

• Clinton's Folly

• Manifest Destiny

• Philosophies of the DOI

• My personal destiny

Between what years did Westward Expansion primarily occur?

• 1775-1783

• 1801-1861

• 1861-1865

• 1770-1773

What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the size of the country?

• Doubled it

• Tripled it

• Left it unchanged

• Made it 63% bigger

How did we acquire the original 13 colonies and other British territories?

• Civil War

• War of 1812

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

With what other country did the United States share the Oregon Country with during the years of Westward Expansion?

• France

• Great Britain

• Portugal

• Spain

Name the two overland trails commonly used by settlers during Westward Expansion?

• Santa Fe and Wyoming trails

• Santa Fe and Oregon trails

• Oregon and Wyoming trails

• Oregon and Colorado trails

What mode of cheaper faster transportation located in New York State, was considered an engineering marvel for the 1800s?

• The Erie Canal

• The Panama Canal

• The Mississippi River

• The Columbia River