Westward Expansion STAAR REVIEW

Why was the Mexican Cession a significant event?

• It united different cultural groups living in western areas.

• It intensified the debate over the expansion of slavery.

• It created a temporary southern border.

• It led to the development of canal systems to move goods.

The differences between these two maps resulted from the —

• Missouri Compromise

• Treaty of Ghent

• Louisiana Purchase

• Adams-Onís Treaty

Which statement explains one of the motivations behind Manifest Destiny?

• These are the times that try men’s souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. . . .

• I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free. . . .

• And that claim is by the right . . . to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us. . . .

• That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.

Which numbered area did the United States acquire in 1846 after negotiations with Great Britain?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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.

During the 1840s the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Manifest Destiny

• The American System

• States’ Rights

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —

• a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land

• Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 million

• the territory’s settlers voted for annexation by the United States

• Russia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 million

As a result of the Oregon Treaty, the United States achieved its goal of —

• expanding westward to the Pacific Ocean

• acquiring land for a southwestern railroad

• reserving western territory for American Indians

• securing the southern border of the country

This excerpt provides evidence that in 1844 Democrats supported —

• federal financing of transportation systems in the West

• making Manifest Destiny an official federal policy

• social Darwinism as a justification for expansion

• prohibiting the expansion of slavery into new areas of the United States

How did the United States acquire the territory marked with the X?

• By purchasing the land from Spain

• By winning a war against Great Britain

• By purchasing the land from France

• By winning a war against Mexico