Westward Expansion

The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

What is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

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

What piece of land was purchased in 1853 in order to build something in the South? What did they want to build?

• Mexican Cession/Trails

• Louisiana Territory/Canals

• transcontinental/Oregon Country

• Gadsden Purchase/Railroad

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories
• removal of European influence from South America
• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
• secession of southern states from the nation

In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?

• a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory

• issues arising over the boundaries of Texas (border dispute)

• the discovery of gold in California

• the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast

which area is in the Blue?

• original 13 colonies

• Gasden Purchase

• land purchased from Britain

• Oregon territory

Which area is in the dark green?

• Louisiana Purchase

• land from Britain

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Cession

Which area is in the orange?

• Oregon territory

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Cession

• Florida