Westward Expansion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wk_p_9NjBY

What was the name of the event that the government bought a huge amount of territory from France in 1803?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Monroe Doctrine

• Adams-Onís Treaty

• Louisiana Purchase

What was the name of the event that added Texas to the United States in 1845?

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Texas Annexation

What was the name of the treaty signed with the British for control of the Pacific Northwest in 1846?

• Oregon Treaty

• Adams-Onís Treaty

• Gadsden Purchase

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

In what war did the U.S. take control of the Southwest from Mexico?

• Civil War

• Spanish-American War

• War of 1812

• Mexican-American War

What was the idea called that reflected the belief in spreading democracy and civilization across the continent?

• Manifest Destiny

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Louisiana Purchase

• Monroe Doctrine

The goddess in the art from the period who was supposed to represent...?

• American Industry

• American Spirituality

• American Progress

• American Generosity

Which of the following groups taught the pioneers safe routes to the west across the deserts and over the mountains?

• Pioneers

• American Indians

• Mountain Men

• Trappers

What was the name of the deal where the U.S. offered land in the WEST for free to those who moved onto a small plot of land and farmed it themselves?

• Manifest Destiny

• Dawes Act

• Black Codes

• Homesteading

What event lured fortune seekers from across the world to California in 1849?

• Oregon Trail

• Mexican-American War

• Texas Annexation

• California Gold Rush

What was the name of the group that flocked to the Utah territory to escape persecution and violence?

• Shakers

• Quakers

• Amish

• Mormon Church