STAAR - Westward Expansion

Which number represents the Adams-Onis Treaty (Florida Cession)?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which president elected in 1844 believed in Manifest Destiny?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• James K. Polk

What was the main cause of the U.S.-Mexican War?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Florida Cession

• Texas Annexation

• Oregon Treaty

Which of the following was an important result of acquiring the Oregon Territory?

• Mexico was now part of the United States.

• The United States now reached from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

• The Mexican Government would not sell any of their land.

• Mexico and the United States attacked Spain.

• F

• G

• H

• J

• A

• B

• C

• D

• F

• G

• H

• J

• F

• G

• H

• J

What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?

• He was against removing American Indians from their native lands.

• He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.

• He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny.

• He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi River.

Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

• Abolishing slavery throughout the United States

• Occupying all of North America

• Withdrawing from foreign affairs

• Returning to an agrarian economy