Manifest Destiny

Which president favored the annexation of Texas?

• Sam Houston

• James K. Polk

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

The belief that it was fate, or destined, for the United States to expand westward, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean is known as

What were the primary motives for Manifest Destiny? (Choose TWO)

• Inexpensive farmland

• Avoid paying tariffs (taxes)

• Discovery of gold

• To avoid fighting in the war.

This territory was purchased by France in 1803.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Gadsden Purchase

• Purchase of Florida

• Annexation of Texas

This territory was purchased from Spain for $5 million.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Oregon Territory

• Gadsden Purchase

• Purchase of Florida

This territory was annexed or added to the United States.

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Oregon

• Florida

This territory was ceded or given to the United States by Great Britain.

• Oregon

• Texas

• Florida

• Louisiana

This territory was ceded by Mexico for $15 million through the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Annexation of Texas

• Mexican Cession

This territory was purchased from Mexico for $10 million.

• Gadsden Purchase

• Purchase of Florida

• Louisiana Purchase

• Oregon Territory

Match the following

• Annexation of Texas

• Purchased to build railroad in the south

• Purchase of Florida

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Gadsden Purchase

• It was annexed; James Polk

• Mexican Cession

• Doubled the size of the US

• Louisiana Purchase

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo