Westward Expansion 1800-1860

Manifest Destiny was the belief that the expansion of the United States from East Coast to West Coast was...

What area was acquired in 1803?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexico

• Florida

• Texas

The USA aquired land by...

• War/Conflict

• Purchase

• Negotiations

• Gifts

Who was sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase area?

• Jefferson Davis

• Lewis and Clark

• Fur traders and trappers

• Santa Anna

What conflict resulted in joint occupancy of Oregon in 1818?

• War of 1812

• Revolutionary War

• Napoleonic War

• Mexican-American War

Which country sold the Louisiana Purchase to the USA?

• Spain

• Britain

• France

• Mexico

How much was the Louisiana purchase?

• $15,000

• $150

• $150 million

• $15 million

What treaty ceded Florida from Spain to the USA?

• Florida settlement

• Guadalupe Hildalgo

• Adams-Onis

• Santa Anna

Who used military force to declare Texas as independent from Mexico?

• US troops

• Southern slave holders

• American Immigrants

When the Mexican President, Santa Anna was captured in 1836 and forced to seceded Texas, what happened next?

• It became a US state

• It became a US territory

• It became an independent state

• It remained a part of Mexico