Westward Expansion [Unit 8]

Label the territories correctly.

a

b

c

d

Northwest Territory/Ordinance

Oregon Territory

Louisiana Purchase

Mexican Cession

Which president ran his campaign on the idea of Manifest Destiny?

• Andrew Jackson

• James K. Polk

• John Quincy Adams

• William Henry Harrison

_ was accomplished by America acquiring the Oregon Territory.

Reorder the following

• Texas won independence from Mexico

• Texas sought annexation from the United States

• Texas became the Republic of Texas

• The US-Mexican War

• The United States annexed Texas in 1845

Which land did the United States receive as stated in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

What were the two (2) causes of Manifest Destiny?

• America expanding from coast to coast

• A population boom

• land = wealth

• The belief in America's superiority

The Mormons were often persecuted because of their religious beliefs. Which amendment does this violate?

• 1st Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

Which of the following were effects of the California Gold Rush?

Choose three correct answers.

• California gained statehood because the population surged

• Irish immigrants were granted citizenship

• Native Americans helped prospectors mine for gold

• Nativism resurfaced as more people moved west

• Miners destroyed the natural landscape