Westward Expansion Daily Assignment

Who did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory from?

• Canada

• Great Britain

• France

• Mexico

The Louisiana Purchase _________________the size of the United States.

• tripled

• doubled

• did nothing to

• quadrupled

What was the result of the Oregon Treaty?

• After years of war Britain and the United States agreed over Oregon

• The senate decided that Oregon was not worth it

• There was no fight because the United States settled a treaty line in 1846

• The US gained all of the Oregon territory that they wanted

What effect would the shrinking buffalo population have on the Native Americans that depended on buffalo to survive?

• They moved into cities with the white people.

• They raised buffalo on farms instead.

• They had to move somewhere else to find food.

• They stayed in the plains and ate other things.

As Americans moved west throughout the 19th century, how were Native Americans affected?

• They were forced to move onto reservations.

• They were forced to relocate to Canada.

• They lived together harmoniously with the settlers.

• They moved into large cities to find jobs in factories.

To add on land or a territory as done to Texas

• Annex

• Frontier

• Charter

• Prospect

How did the United States gain the Texas territory?

• They fought in a war with Mexico over it

• Texas citizens asked to join the United States

• The United States fought in a war with Texas over it

• Congress voted to annex Texas

Which U.S. President was elected for his Manifest Destiny beliefs?

• Andrew Jackson

• Martin Van Buren

• James K. Polk

• John Tyler

Belief that it was the fate of American to spread democracy from coast to coast.

• Annexation

• Representative Democracy

• Westward Expansion

• Manifest Destiny

Why was there less support for the Mexican American war in the North?

• Northern industry was still struggling to compete

• The north was more focused on invading Canada

• More southern land would lead to more slave states

• They felt the United States were unprepared for battle