American Expansion Westward

The belief that America was destined by God to control the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was called _________ ___________.

• Divine Providence

• Manifest Destiny

• American Supremacy

• Colonial Expansion

The United States split this territory with Britain at the 49th Parallel

• Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Purchase

• Florida

• California

After President Polk took office, he sent troops to the border with ______ to instigate a war.

• Canada

• Peru

• Mexico

• Cuba

The Oregon trail was an easy trip to take from the midwest to Oregon.

• True

• False

In California, ____was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848.

• Vast Forests

• Iron

• Copper

• Gold

During the Mexican American War, the United states invaded Mexico and captured Mexico City

• True

• False

The treaty of _______ ended the Mexican American War.

• Versaille

• Potsdam

• Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Cordoba

The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave these states to the United States from Mexico.

• Arkansas, Tennessee,

  Texas

• California, Arizona, New Mexico

• Idaho, Utah, and Montana

• Florida, Lousiana, and Mississippi

During the California Gold Rush, people migrated to California from all over the world.

• True

• False

Texas gained Independence before being accepted into the United States

• True

• False