Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion

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

What is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1821?

• Florida

• 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

Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size. 

• Texas Annexation 
• Louisiana Purchase
• Northwest Territory
• Mexican Cession

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 order to build something in the Southwest? What did they want to build?

• Mexican Cession/Trails

• Louisiana Territory/Canals

• Oregon Country/Telegraph

• 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

How was the area marked L on the map added to the United States?

• It was gained through a treaty with the American Indians.

• It was gained through a war with Great Britain.

• It was purchased from Mexico after a war.

• It was purchased from France.

How was the area marked M on the map added to the United States?

• It was gained through a treaty with American Indians.

• It was gained in a war with Great Britain.

• It was purchased from a European country.

• It was gained after a war with Mexico.

Name the piece of land.

• Southwest Cession
• Texas Annexation 
• Mexican Purchase
• Gadsden Purchase