Westward Expansion (Exam Review)

Why was there controversy around Thomas Jefferson purchasing the Louisiana Territory?

• The land cost too much money per acre.

• The Constitution did not specifically allow purchase of land.

• The purchase would upset the balance of power in the Senate.

• The Spanish government was upset that the French sold the land to the United States.

What does the green area on the map represent?

• Louisiana Territory

• Great Britain

• Spain

• United States

Which of these is true of the Louisiana Purchase?

• It cut the size of the land area of US in half.
• It doubled the size of the land area of US.
• It doubled the size of the state of Georgia.
• It cut the population of the US. in half.

Passed in 1830, the Indian Removal Act authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West as a way to ...

• open up land for white settlement.

• show Americans wanted a friendly relationship.

• allow Native Americans to become US citizens.

• create slaves in the new western territories.

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

• The belief that their destiny was to manifest

• A religious term used to explain how to be saved

What territorial acquisition doubled the size of the United States?

• (4) Florida Cession

• (7) Mexican Cession

• (3) Louisiana Purchase

• (6) Oregon Treaty

What territory did the United States acquire after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• (7) Mexican Cession

• (6) Oregon Territory

• (1) 13 Colonies

• (2) Ohio River Valley

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent to _______

• remove Native Americans from Louisiana

• explore and map the Louisiana Purchase

• defeat the Spanish in Mexico

• buy Louisiana from France

What was the main purpose of Lewis and Clark's expedition?

• TO see how many new animals they could find.
• To make friends with the Native Americans in the West.
• To try to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
• To see of they could find New Orleans.

Choose TWO causes of the War of 1812?

• British impressment of American sailors

• British searching and seizing American trade ships

• Mexican government restricting immigration into Texas.

• British burning down Washington D.C.