U.S. Territorial Expansion

The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the 

• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession
• Gadsen Purchase

This president was a strong believer in expanding the nation westward

• Henry Clay
• Andrew Jackson
• James K. Polk

Mexico argued that the Texas border was the Nueces River, while the U.S. believed it was the ________ river

• Rio Grande
• Mississippi
• Colorado

U.S. citizens believed it was their God-Given fate to travel westward, which they titled what?

• American Expansion 
• Westward Ho!
• Manifest Destiny

The US acquired Texas _____

• after it was an independent republic

• before Mexico won independence from Spain

• by signing a treaty with Spain

• after war with Mexico

The Mexican-American war resulted in the US acquiring (getting) _____.

• Texas

• Oregon

• California and the southwest

• Florida

Who was President when the US divided Oregon Country with Great Britain?

• James K. Polk

• Donald J. Trump

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

After purchasing this land for $15 million, the US doubled in size.

• Louisiana

• Oregon

• California and the southwest

• Texas

The phrase "Remember the Alamo" refers to what territory?

• California

• Oregon

• VIrginia

• Texas

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 
a. Coasters
b. Carpet Baggers
c. Surfers
d. Raiders
e. Forty Niners

• Raiders
• Carpet Baggers
• Surfers
• Forty Niners