Westward Expansion

Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to

• obey the Book of Mormon

• seek out religious freedom

• prosper in the fur trade

• gold

What is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819? 

• Mexican Cession

• Florida Purchase

• Thirteen Colonies

• Oregon County

What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase

• Thirteen Colonies

• Mexican Cession

• Oregon County

The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• 13 colonies

• Oregon Territory

Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size. 

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Northwest Territory

• Texas Annexation 

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 

• Great Awakening 

• Monroe Doctrine 

• Louisiana Purchase

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories

• removal of European influence from South America

• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean

• secession of southern states from the nation

Which view is expressed in the excerpt in the image?

• advocacy of abolitionism

• support for the Monroe Doctrine

• defense of federalism

• belief in Manifest Destiny

In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?

• a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory

• issues arising over the boundaries of Texas

• the discovery of gold in California

• the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast