Western Expansion/Manifest Destiny Review

The belief that the United States was destined to stretch all the way across the continent of North America

• Manifest Destiny

• Bill of Rights

• Mexican-American War

• Gold Rush

The purchase of Louisiana

• was a costly mistake

• was opposed by western farmers

• doubled the size of the United States and gave control of the Mississippi River

• led to war with Great Britain

How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide for the orderly expansion of the United States?

• It provided the president with the power to sign treaties with foreign powers to buy additional territory
• It provided a review process for laws in new territories and states.
• It provided procedures for establishing territories and creating states.

As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?

• They agreed to give up their land.
• They were given their choice of where to live.
• They were forced to live in reservations.
• They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What states were part of the Mexican Cession?

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania
• Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi
• Oregon, Washington, Idaho
• California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada

How did the U.S. acquire Oregon? 

• treaty with the British
• war with England
• purchased from the British
• war with Mexico

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

In June 1846, this treaty was signed between Britain and the United States, Provisions included: The boundary between Canada and the United States was set at the 49th parallel

• Treaty of British Canada and US

• Treaty of Washington

• Treaty of Oregon

True or False, In the Missouri Compromise, the territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes’ north latitude... slavery and involuntary servitude would be forever prohibited?

• True

• False

What was the name of the treaty where Mexico ceded half of its land to the United States?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Treaty of San Jacinto
• Treaty of Mesa Verde
• Treaty of Alama Gordo

The United States purchased Florida from?

• France

• Great Britain

• Mexico

• Spain