Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny Assessment Review

What was the main reason American Indians went onto reservations?

• They wanted better farmland

• The US government forced them to move

• Buffalo herds led them there

• They formed an alliance with Mexico

Why did the United States want new acquisitions in the west?

• to have closer ties to Europe

• to protect the natural environment

• to study American Indian cultures

• to give people from the United States more land to farm and live on

Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States should ...

• expand to the Pacific Ocean

• honor claims by other countries

• give all citizens the right to vote

• treat native people with respect

Mexico __________, or gave up, territory to the United States

• acquisition

• ceded

• expedition

• reservation

An area set aside for American Indians to live on is called a (n) ___________.

• acquisition

• boundary

• expedition

• reservation

Two places, like countries, are separated by a geographic line called a _________________.

• acquisition

• boundary

• expedition

• reservation

The Louisiana Purchase was the first land __________ for the United States.

• acquisition

• boundary

• cede

• reservation

A group of people sent to explore places unknown to them is called a(n) ______________.

• acquisition

• boundary

• cede

• expedition

Why did Mexico give up the land called the Mexican Cession?

• It received a large price

• It traded for other territory

• It had just lost a fierce war

• It did not want desert lands

The United States and Great Britain had agreed on a boundary for the

• Oregon Country

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsten Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase