USHC Unit 2 Section 1 #1 - Wilson HS

USHC Unit 2 Section 1 #1 - Wilson HS

11th Grade

10 Qs

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USHC Unit 2 Section 1 #1 - Wilson HS

USHC Unit 2 Section 1 #1 - Wilson HS

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

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

Economic opportunity

Cheap land

Political persecution

Adventure

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Media Image

What land acquisition is being shown in the map?

California Territory

Gadsden Purchase

Oregon Territory

Louisiana Purchase

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

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

Oregon

Texas

California

Alaska

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