USHC Unit 2 Section 1 #1 - Wilson HS

Which was not a reason for westward expansion in the early 19th century?

• Economic opportunity

• Cheap land

• Political persecution

• Adventure

What was the God-given belief that the United States had the right to expand across the continent, from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans?

• Manifest Destiny

• Social Darwinism

• Sectionalism

• Imperialism

What land acquisition doubled the size of the United States in the early 19th century?

• Texas Annexation

• Seward's Folly

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Louisiana Purchase

Why did President Jefferson struggle with buying the Louisiana Purchase?

• Too expensive

• Feared it would lead to war with Britain

• Fear of Native American conflict

• The power to buy land was not in the Constitution

What land acquisition is being shown in the map?

• California Territory

• Gadsden Purchase

• Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Purchase

Why was the United States slow to annex Texas?

• Did not want to add a new slave state

• The land was still claimed by Mexico

• The people of Texas did not support the United States government

• The power to annex was not in the Constitution

What land did the United States claim as a result of the Lewis and Clark expeditions of the Louisiana Territory?

• Oregon

• Texas

• California

• Alaska

What concept is being demonstrated in this painting?

• Divine Right Theory

• Manifest Destiny

• Mercantilism

• Inalienable Rights

Reorder the following:

• Annexation of Texas

• Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Purchase

From what country did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?

• Britain

• France

• Spain

• Mexico