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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
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The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —
a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land
Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 million
the territory’s settlers voted for annexation by the United States
Russia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 million
Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to
obey the Book of Mormon
prosper in the fur trade
seek out religious freedom
gold
What is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819?
Florida Cession
Thirteen Colonies
Mexican Cession
Oregon County
What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture?
Florida Purchase
Thirteen Colonies
Mexican Cession
Oregon County
The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture?
Florida Purchase
Thirteen Colonies
Mexican Cession
Oregon County
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
Manifest destiny
Monroe Doctrine
Great Awakening
Louisiana Purchase
What piece of land was purchased in order to build something in the South? What did they want to build?
Mexican Cession/Trails
Louisiana Territory/Canals
transcontinental/Oregon Country
Gadsden Purchase/Railroad
The primary goal of manifest destiny was
End slavery in the new territories
removal of European influence from South America
expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
secession of southern states from the nation
In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?
a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory
issues arising over the boundaries of Texas
the discovery of gold in California
the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast
The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as
The Great Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Oregon Fever
The Monroe Doctrine
What act allowed the national government to make deals with the Native Americans to exchange their land?
Indian Removal Act
Civillization ACt
Manifest Destiny Act
Indian Territory Act
Which best describes Manifest Destiny?
Caused everyone to get along better
expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Idea started in the 1600s
The king said that we had to the right to move west
What was the Indian Removal Act?
All NA had to move to Europe
All NA had to move to Canada
all NA east of the Mississippi are forced to move to a territory in Oklahoma
All NA west of the Mississippi River had to move to Oklahoma
What is the name of the area in modern day Arizona and New Mexico the United States bought from Mexico for 10 million dollars shown in the map above?
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
Texas Purchase
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Mexican-American War?
Added 525,000 square miles to United States territory
Mexico recognized the Rio Grande as Texas’ border with Mexico
Added the land that today is California, Colorado, and Utah.
Added the land that today is Illinois, Kansas, and Florida
What impact did the Gold Rush have on Native Americans?
Native Americans were mistreated and were forced to give up their land in California
They made a lot of money from the new settlers
They got rich on the gold
Which title best completes this list?
economic motives for passing northwest ordinance
reasons for issuing the Monroe doctrine
economic motives for manifest destiny policies
reason for Gadsden purchase
During the 1840s the factors in the diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following?
manifest destiny
Kansas-Nebraska act
The American system
States' Rights
This excerpt provides evidence that in 1844 Democrats supported-
federal financing of transportation systems in the west
making Manifest Destiny an official Federal policy
Social Darwinism as a justification for expansion
prohibiting the expansion of slavery into new areas of the Unite States
Which of the following occurred as a result of events
president of Mexico refused to withdraw troops from Texas
parts of southern Texas were returned to Mexico
The United State acquired several territories from Mexico
Mexico was forced to sell Florida to the United States
Which best completes the diagram?
Texas
California
Nevada
Florida
Which of the following best completes the diagram?
slaveholding state
border by pacific ocean
formerly part of Mexico
dependent on heavy industry
Which numbered area did the United States acquire in 1846 after negotiations with Great Britain?
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Which event on the timeline contributed most directly to the outbreak of the US-Mexican War?
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