Westward Expansion Introduction

Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.

• True

• False

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

• New Mexico and Arizona Purchase

• Guadalupe Purchase

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

• All of these answers are correct

• The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary

• America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny

• The U.S. recently annexed Texas

Which area on this map was gained by the U.S. as a direct result of the Mexican-American War?

• green 

• blue

• red

• yellow

With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United States could expand in what direction?

• to the north

• to the south

• to the west

• to the east

Which body of water forms the eastern border of the Louisiana Territory from the eastern part of the country that the US already owned?

• Oregon River

• Mississippi River

• Missouri River

• Tennessee River

What doubled the size of the US?

• Mexico

• Canada Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• California Purchase

Based on the map, the Erie Canal and Hudson River contributed directly to the

• decisions to restrict immigration

• rapid increase in population in upstate New York

• settlement of New England

• acquisition of land from Canada

Completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 encouraged the growth of the Midwest because it

• linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast

• helped force the removal of British forts in the Northwest Territory

• stimulated development of cotton production in the Ohio River valley

• increased trade with Asia

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.