Westward Expansion practice quiz

Idea that it was our God-given right to expand from one ocean to the other was called what?

• Overall Destiny
• Manifest Destiny
• Manifest Nation
• America

Manifest Destiny was

• the name of the first train to cross the country

• the first city established in the west

• the belief that America should expand and stretch from coast to coast

• the belief that America was too big and needed to stop expanding

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

• A

• B

• C

• D

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

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• 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
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

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

• Texas Annexation 
• Louisiana Purchase
• Northwest Territory
• Mexican Cession

What piece of land was purchased in 1853 in order to build something in the South? What did they want to build?

• Mexican Cession/Trails

• Louisiana Territory/Canals

• transcontinental/Oregon Country

• Gadsden Purchase/Railroad

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 (border dispute)

• the discovery of gold in California

• the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast

Before becoming part of the US this territory was claimed by

• Spain

• France

• Britain