Westward Expansion 1

With which country did the US make a treaty to acquire the Oregon Territory?

• Mexico

• Britian

• Spain

• Russia

The Northwest Ordinance was important because:

• it made a plan for how the United States would add new states to the Union

• it was a plan for how the United States would acquire the Northwest Territory

• it was a law governing the new Oregon Territory

• it was a set of laws to help pioneers deal with the American Indians in the Northwest Territory

Which was NOT a cause of the Mexican-American War?

• annexation of Texas by the United States

• Santa Anna defeating the Americans in the Alamo

• a border dispute between the western border of Texas

• Zachary Taylor taking his troops to the Rio Grande

The name of the treaty that helped the US reach its goal of stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean was the:

• Oregon Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Paris 1783

What led lawmakers to create the Northwest Ordinance?

• Americans were clashing with the American Indians

• Americans were angry that the British forbade them from going into territory

• states were arguing about how to settle the Northwest Territory

• The US government needed the resources found in the territory

The treaty that ended the Mexican- American War was the:

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Oregon Treaty

• Florida-Mexico Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The United States Acquired Florida with the:

• Oregon Treaty

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Florida-Mexico Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo

The idea that America was destined to stretch from the Atlantic to Pacific and occupy all of the continent of North America was:

• the Grand Plan

• Manifest Destiny

• The Polk Doctrine

• The Polk Plan

Part of the reason James Polk won the election of 1844 is that:

• the nation was feeling happy after defeating the British in war

• no one opposed him when he ran

• he promised to make Manifest Destiny a reality

• he was hot

Lewis and Clark followed the _________ when exploring the _______.

• Missouri River, Louisiana Purchase

• Ohio River, Northwest Territory

• Mississippi River, Louisiana Purchase

• Columbia River, Oregon Territory