Assessment: Manifest Destiny and Settling the West

Why did the United States want new acquisitions in the West?

• to have closer ties with Europe

• to protect the natural environment

• to study American Indian cultures

• to give people from the United States more land to farm and live on

Manifest destiny was the belief that the United States should

• expand to the Pacific Ocean.

• honor claims by other countries.

• give all citizens the right to vote.

• treat native peoples with respect.

Jefferson agreed to buy French land to the west so that

• people who had escaped slavery could not hide there.

• American Indians would have a place to live.

• American goods could move through New Orleans.

• the United States would have an ally against Great Britain.

The United States got Florida from

• A. France.

• B. Great Britain.

• C. Mexico.

• D. Spain.

Many Americans in Texas wanted freedom from Mexico so they could

• get free land.

• continue to enslave people.

• build homes at the Alamo.

• help the American Indians.

The United States and Great Britain agreed on a boundary for the

• Oregon Country.

• Mexican Cession.

• Gadsden Purchase.

• Louisiana Purchase.

Why did Mexico give up the territory called the Mexican Cession?

• It received a large price.

• It traded for other territory.

• It had just lost a fierce war.

• It did not want desert lands.

What was the main reason American Indians went onto reservations?

• They wanted better farmland.

• The U.S. government forced them to move.

• Buffalo herds led them there.

• They formed an alliance with Mexicans.

The route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through the areas of two territorial acquisitions shown on the map. Which of those areas already belonged to the United States when the expedition traveled there?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Oregon Territory

• Texas Annexation

• Florida Acquisition

For how many years was Texas an independent republic?

• 9 years

• 10 years

• 11 years

• 12 years