Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion

The belief that the United States was destined to stretch all the way across the continent of North America

• Manifest Destiny

• Bill of Rights

• Gold Rush

Why was the Gadsden Purchase added to the U.S. in 1853?

• it was needed for the building of a railroad because it provided flat land around the Rocky Mountains

• it was a gift from Mexico
• it was part of the treaty with Mexico

Which area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?

• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon Territory

Name the piece of Land.

• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession 
• Louisiana Purchase 

How did Jefferson double the size of the United States in 1803?

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The purchase of California

• Treaty with Great Britain

• Winning Florida from Spain

Starting in the 1840s, this was the route many settlers/pioneers traveled on.

• West Route

• Pioneer Road

• Oregon Trail

• Oklahoma Trail

The two men chosen to lead the expedition to explore Louisiana by Thomas Jefferson were:

• Louie and Clark Griswold

• Lewis and Clark

• Sacagawea and Lewis

• Thomas Jefferson and Zebulon Pike

"American Progress" was a piece of art created by John Gast with the main idea of...

• the original 13 colonies

• President Polk

• Manifest Destiny

• Native American reservations

Which of the following Ended the war and forced Mexico to turn over much of its north territory to the United States?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Gadsden Purchase

What does the term "Manifest Destiny" refer to?

• A) A law that forced Native American tribes to leave their lands

• B) The belief that Americans had the right and duty to spread across the continent

• C) A historic route that pioneers traveled in the 1800s

• D) A proposal to make a law that would have stopped slavery in new territories