Westward Expansion EOU Quiz

Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 for $15 million because-

• France no longer wanted to fight the Native Americans that lived there

• northern states yearned for more territory to expand slavery into

• Jefferson wanted to double the amount of land to support America’s agricultural economy

• George Washington believed that America’s destiny was to grow in size

Which of the following explains the reasons for westward expansion? ​ (a)  

• all of the above
• expand democracy
• abundance of inexpensive farmland
• access to new economic markets

​ (a)   is the belief that the United States was meant to control the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

• Manifest Destiny
• The Monroe Doctrine
• The Louisiana Purchase
• The Jackson Action

This image best represents _________________.

Match the president to the policy/idea that he implemented during his time in office.

• Establishing domestic authority

• James K. Polk

• Louisiana Purchase

• John Adams

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Thomas Jefferson

• Achieving Manifest Destiny

• George Washington

• Indian Removal Act

• Andrew Jackson

Florida became part of the United States as a result of-

• a purchase from Spain

• the Mexican War

• annexation

• the Revolutionary War

How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost? ​ ​ (a)  

• $15,000,000
• $15,000
• $150,000
• $5,000

The ​ (a)   was a temporary solution to maintain the balance between free and slave states.

• Missouri Compromise
• Women
• Adams-Onis Treaty
• American System

Match the following vocabulary.

• a long period of success

• treaty

• added

• prosperity

• people who move to live in a new area

• cession

• to give up territory, rights, or property

• annexed

• an agreement

• settlers

Settlers traveled on the ​ (a)   to move West into the Oregon territory. Their primary motivation to move was for ​ (b)   reasons.

• Oregon Trail
• economic
• Adams-Onis Trail
• Memorial Park Trail
• social
• political