Westward Expansion/ Industrialization review

Adams-Onis Treaty gaines the _______ territory from Spain

• Oregon

• Florida

• Texas

• Mexico

To cede means to

• vote in a new leader.

• add land or territory.

• give up land or territory.

Why was the US interested in the area of land known as the Gadsden Purchase?

• it was good farmland

• to build railroads

• for gold

Which country sold Louisiana Territory to the USA

• Canada

• Britain

• France

• Spain

Which persident bought the Lousiana Territory

• George Washington

• James Madison

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

The Northwest Territory was located...

• north and west of the Ohio River, including present day Ohio

• south and east of the Louisiana Purchase

• in the present day Northwest region, including the states of Oregon and Washington

• in present day Canada

The lasting impact of the Northwest ordinance of 1787 was...

• that slavery would be made illegal forever after in the U.S.

• that the U.S. was unable to compromise.

• that we would be dragged into another war.

• that it provided instructions on how the U.S. should add new states to the U.S. in the future.

Which territory, located in the upper northwest, did Polk take a strong stance on wanting to acquire for the U.S.? The British also had claims on the area.

• Oregon

• California

• Alaska

• Idaho

• Nevada

What is the name of the area, which includes California, Utah, Nevada, as well as parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado, that was given to the U.S. as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• The Mexican Cession

• The Southwestern Section

• The Mexican Purchase

• The Gift of California

• The California Compromise