Westward Expansion

What was the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine issued in 1823?

• To establish trade agreements with Europe

• To declare war on European nations

• To prevent European intervention in the Americas

• To promote European colonization in the Americas

What is 'Manifest Destiny'?

• The belief that the US should remain isolated

• The idea that the US was destined to expand to the Pacific Ocean

• A treaty between the US and Mexico

• A doctrine to prevent European colonization

What was the Missouri Compromise?

• A decision to annex Texas

• An agreement to end the Mexican-American War

• A compromise to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• A treaty with Native American tribes

What was the outcome of the Texas rebellion led by Sam Houston?

• Texas was divided into free and slave territories

• Texas was immediately annexed by the US

• Texas became an independent nation

• Texas remained under Mexican control

Michael and his friends were discussing historical slogans in their history class. One of the slogans was '54-40, or fight!' What was this slogan related to?

• The boundary dispute between the US and Mexico

• The US claim to the Oregon territory

• The Gold Rush of 1849

• The annexation of Texas

What was the result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

• The US paid $10 million for the Gadsden Purchase

• Mexico gained control of California

• The US surrendered Texas to Mexico

• Mexico surrendered New Mexico and California to the US

What was the Gadsden Purchase?

• The annexation of Texas

• The acquisition of parts of present-day New Mexico and Arizona

• The purchase of Alaska from Russia

• A treaty to end the Mexican-American War

What event led to California becoming a state?

• The signing of the Monroe Doctrine

• The Gold Rush of 1849

• The Gadsden Purchase

• The Missouri Compromise

Ava and Mason were tasked with a school project to explore and map the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. What was the primary goal of their project?

• To establish trade routes with Native American tribes

• To explore and map the newly acquired Louisiana Territory

• To negotiate land treaties with Mexico

• To find a direct water route to the Pacific Ocean

What was the significance of the Compromise of 1850?

• It allowed California to enter the Union as a free state

• It ended the Mexican-American War

• It established the boundary between the US and Canada

• It led to the annexation of Texas