Westward Expansion Quiz

What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• William Henry Harrison

How did the Louisiana Purchase effect the geography of the United States?

• it tripled the size of the U.S.

• it had no effect

• it doubled the size of the U.S.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were which of the following?

• Politicians

• Explorers

• Buyers of the Louisiana Purchase

• All of the above

__________ was an important help as guide and an interpreter during the Lewis and Clark expedition

• York

• Mandan

• Sacagawea

• Toussaint L'Ouverture

Florida

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

When it won it's independence in 1821, Mexico included parts of Texas, Arizona, California, and Wyoming.

• True

• False

This state became a part of the US as a result of the war with Mexico

• California

• Missouri

• North Carolina

• Tennessee

Population growth in the Eastern States ...

• increased trade with Canada

• Start of a war with Mexico

• Immigration from the European continent

• Expansion toward the Pacific Ocean

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 

•  Monroe Doctrine 

•  Great Awakening 

• Louisiana Purchase

Oregon Trail 

• a route used during the US migration westward

• a person who went to California for the gold rush

• a giving up ( as in territory or rights ) to another

• a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives