SS 7.5 - Westward Expansion

This was the belief that the U.S. had the right to expand across the country, from "sea to shining sea".

• The Monroe Doctorine

• The Great Experiment

• Oregon Fever

• Manifest Destiny

What did the Louisiana Purchase do for the United States?

• Doubled the size of the country

• Gave the U.S. control of the Great Lakes

• Made California an official state

• Completed westward expansion

What country agreed to give the U.S. Florida?

• France

• Spain

• Mexico

• Great Britain

Annex or annexation means to...

• accept

• remove

• add

• give away

What territory was split with Great Britain at the 49th parallel?

• Florida

• Texas

• Oregon

• California

Battle at the Alamo happened in this territory...

• Texas

• Louisiana

• Oregon

• California

What agreement gave the U.S. half of Mexico's territory?

• Gadsden Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Louisiana Purchase

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The Gadsden Purchase gave the U.S. flat land to build...

• homes

• railroads

• mines

• farms

What made people want to go to California?

• Fight in the Mexican War

• Help build railroads

• Search for gold

• Good farmland

Which statement about the U.S. expansion is most accurate?

• California was the first territory to be added after the 13 Colonies

• Most territories were purchased from Mexico

• Territories were add to the U.S. by many different methods.

• U.S. won most of its land by fighting Great Britain