Westward Expansion

What land deal did President Jefferson make with France in 1803 that doubled the size of the US?

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The California Gold Rush

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Manifest Destiny

Who were the two most prominent North American explorers of the early 1800s?

• Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

• Davy Crockett and Sam Houston

• Santa Ana and William Travis

Lewis and Clark searched for a water passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans mainly to allow

• the religious Morman families to travel west to settle in Utah.

• the railroads to travel to many destinations on the continent.

• goods to be shipped and people to travel across the continent.

• pioneers to search for gold in California.

What was built in 1817 to connect ports in New York to Lake Erie in the Midwest?

• The Erie Canal

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Oregon Trail

• The Alamo Mission

Which governor insisted the Erie Canal be built despite its high cost?

• Leland Stanford

• Antonio Lopez

• James Bowie

• Dewitt Clinton

The Mexican and American cultures fought over land in

• California

• Oklahama

• Florida

• Texas

William Travis, Davy Crockett, and James Bowie were Texas heroes who defended the

• Alamo

• Railroads

• Erie Canal

• Gold Rush

Which general seized power in Mexico and attacked and killed many Americans in San Antonio?

• Davy Crockett

• Gereral Andrew Jackson

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

• Dewitt Clinton

Who led the Texan army to victory in a surprise attack with shouts of, "Remember the Alamo!"?

• Sam Houston

• William Travis

• Davy Crockett

• James Bowie

In the mid 1800s, the US government passed a law to give pioneers 160 acres of land in Oregon if they

• agreed to work for the government for five years.

• agreed to help build a railroad across the land.

• agreed to fight off Native Americans that lived on the land.

• agreed to farm the land for four years.