iCivics A Growing Nation Review

What was the law that directed all new territory to be divided into squares six miles long each?

• The Land Ordinance of 1785

• The War of 1812

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Oregon Treaty

What were unauthorized Americans who lived on land in the Northwest Territory that they didn’t pay for called?

• pilgrims

• squatters

• Thomas Jefferson

• French

__________ and Robert Livingston were sent to make a deal with France over purchasing New Orleans and Florida.

• James K. Polk

• George Washington

• James Monroe

• John Adams

How much did the USA pay for the Louisiana Purchase?

• $10 Million

• $13 Million

• $15 Million

• They did not pay anything for it.

Who were the two men sent to survey the new land purchased in the Louisiana Purchase?

• Jefferson and Thomas

• Livingston and Monroe

• Lewis and Clark

• Washington and Adams

What is the idea that America was meant to grow so democracy and freedom could spread?

Who was the president when the USA acquired the Oregon Territory?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James K. Polk

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

What caused a big debate over Texas becoming a state?

• slavery

• president

• location

• the Alamo

Mexico won its independence from what country in 1821?

• USA

• Great Britain

• Spain

• Canada

What term means citizens had the freedom to govern themselves and to do what they

wanted with their lives.

• Life

• Liberty

• Property

• Happiness