Westward Expansion 2020

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​​Which title best completes this list?

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• Economic Motives for Passing the Northwest Ordinance

• Reasons for Annexation of Texas

• Economic Motives for Manifest Destiny Policies

• Reasons for the Gadsden Purchase

Which numbered area did the United States acquire in 1846 after negotiations with Great Britain?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?

• He was against removing American Indians from their native lands.

• He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska

  territories.

• He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny.

• He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi River.

Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

• Abolishing slavery throughout the United States

• Occupying all of North America

• Withdrawing from foreign affairs

• Returning to an agrarian economy

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 was the purpose of the Homestead Act?

• A law that encouraged western settlement by giving away 160 acres to those that

  lived there for 5 years.

• A law that did not allow Indians to acquire land in the South.

• A law that give miners in California to stake their claim in the gold fields.

• A law that allowed slavery in the west.

Which of the following occurred as a result of these events?

• The president of Mexico refused to withdraw troops from Texas.

• Parts of southern Texas were returned to Mexico.

• The United States acquired several territories from Mexico.

• Mexico was forced to sell Florida to the United States.

Which reason did the United States give for declaring war against Mexico in 1846?

• To overturn a corrupt Mexican government

• To defend U.S. territory from Mexican aggression

• To end a Mexican slave rebellion

• To respond to attacks on U.S. merchant ships by Mexican pirates

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

• A

• B

• C

• D

The economies of the new western states were very different from those of the northeastern states in the mid-1800s. One major difference was that western states

• relied on subsistence farming

• used natural harbors for shipping

• focused on mining and agriculture

• traded freely with other nations