Westward Expansion

Who ordered the removal of all Native Americans living in the American south?

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

• Bill Clinton

• Thomas Jefferson

The United States went to war with ______________ to aquire the right to California.

• Canada

• Russia

• Mexico

• Great Britian

President Jefferson authorized the purchase of ___________ for $15 Million in 1803

• Mexico Territory

• St. Louis Territory

• Louisiana Territory

• New York Territory

The Lewis & Clark Expedition started with a group of people know as _______________

• Pocohontas

• Native Americans

• Western Settlers

• Corp of Discovery

Florida was obtained through __________

• war

• diplomacy

• purchase

• contract

The annexation of Texas was opposed by Northern settlers because________

• The purchase price was too high

• Spain still claimed Texas

• The Mexicans wanted to go North

• Texas allowed slavery

The forty-niners came to California for what reason?

• to build farms

• to be with family

• to find gold

• to search for beaver fur

Which group was most hurt by Jackson's Indian Removal Act?

• Slaves

• the Rich and Well off

• Native Americans

• White Settlers

The war with Mexico began over _____________

• a border dispute in Texas

• a Battle of Buena Vista

• the U.S. invasion of New Mexico

• the expansion of the railroad going North

The Battle at the ___________ occurred when Mexican troops surounded Texans for 13 days at an old mission called

• Mississippi River

• Trail of trails

• Rocky Mountains

• Alamo