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WorksheetsUS Land Acquisition Regions (from info last week)
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
Which was the nation's first opportunity for expansion during the early 1800s?
Texas
Florida
Oregon Country
Louisiana Territory
area including the present day states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of two others
What city did the French possess at the mouth of the Mississippi River that made trade difficult for Americans wanting to send their goods to the sea?
Baton Rouge
Gulfport
Lafayette
Jackson
New Orleans
TRUE or FALSE Madison wrote that the Mississippi was more valuable to midwest farmers than the Hudson, the Delaware, and the Potomac combined.
True
False
The region west of the Mississippi River stretched from (A) in the north, (B) in the south, to (C) in the west.
A) Canada, B) Texas, C) the Rocky Mountains
A) Montana, B) California C) Oregon
A) Canada B) Louisiana C) the Rocky Mountains
A) Missouri B) Texas C) Nevada
A) Rocky Mountains B) Texas C) Canada
TRUE or False When it was purchased, the unexplored territory past the Mississippi belonged to Spain who had won it in the French and Indian War.
True
False
What did the French want to do with Louisiana?
Use it as a place to keep their troops to avoid other countries from trying to take over their land.
Charge Americans money to send their goods down the Mississippi.
Settle the territory with French farmers to grow food for the French slaves in the Caribbean.
Barter it for better land in the West.
Which of the following is NOT true?
A French slave led a revolt in the French Caribbean and defeated French troops who tried to take back the colony.
Napoleon no longer needed Louisiana
Napoleon offered to sell enough land to double the size of the US for $15 million.
The Americans could have the Louisiana territory once they either fought the Spanish for it or made an agreement about the land.
Which of the following is NOT an objection some Americans had to the purchase of the Louisiana Territory?
Some people thought the French would be good allies if they stayed in Louisiana in case other countries attacked the US.
Some people worried that such a large area of land would be impossible to govern.
Some eastern politicians worried that they would lose power.
Some Americans didn't like spending so much money on the land, even though it was an amazing deal.
Some said it was unconstitutional for a President to decide to purchase foreign territory.
TRUE or FALSE The US acquired Louisiana through diplomacy.
True
False
At this point in history, who owned Florida?
Spain
Great Britain
France
No one did - it was free from a governing country.
the Native Americans living there
TRUE or FALSE In 1804, Jefferson sent two diplomats to Spain and purchased Florida.
True
False
Which of the following is NOT true about Florida at this time in history according to the text?
Many white Americans in the Southeast wanted the US to take over Florida.
Spain was willing to sell Florida to the US if the price was high enough.
Slave owners in Georgia were angry because sometimes their slaves ran away to Florida.
Seminole Indians welcomed some escaped slaves to the region.
Seminole Indians sometimes raided lands in Georgia.
TRUE or FALSE Despite President Monroe telling General Jackson not to invade the Spanish colony in Florida besides chasing raiding Seminoles, Jackson invaded Florida anyway.
True
False
What did the majority of the president's cabinet advise him to do after Spain called for Jackson to be punished for the invasion?
Remove Jackson and apologize to Spain
Keep troops in Florida until they agreed to sell the land
Remove Jackson but offer no apology
Remove Jackson and offer Spain a small portion of Georgia to stop the raiding.
What did President Monroe do instead?
Instead of apologizing to Spain, he sent a threatening message to govern Florida correctly or get out (threat of attack).
Apologize to Spain and offer them money for the land.
Punish Jackson and leave Spain/Florida alone, hoping for peace.
Invited the Spanish governor to meet with him to talk on US soil
About how much did the US end up spending on Florida when Spain decided to avoid war and get out for a price?
More than the Louisiana Purchase
Very close to the same amount as the Louisiana Purchase (less than $1 million difference)
Less than the Louisiana Purchase.
What did the US agree to let Spain have when buying Florida?
Parts of Georgia
A few islands in the Caribbean
the land of Texas
the few free colonies in Florida that were there before the purchase could still be free
TRUE or FALSE At the purchase of Florida, one paper declared that Florida was worth ten states of Texas.
True
False
Why did many Americans feel that Texas was so valuable to the US before it belonged to Americans?
Much of the region was well suited for growing cotton (a valuable cash crop)
Having that region would leave Spain less powerful on the continent
The region would be pro-slavery
Many Americans had moved there to live already
Stephen Austin arrived in Texas to start a US colony there just as ...
...Spain and Mexico became allies (stronger together)
...Spain and Mexico went to war over the land
...Mexico declared its independence from Spain
... Mexico declared any Americans who came to live in the Texas region would have to become Mexican citizens
Which of the following is NOT something the Americans had to agree to in order to have a colony in Mexican territory?
only moral and hard-working settlers could settle there
they had to share part of anything the grew or made with Mexico (taxes)
the settlers had to promise to become Mexican citizens
the settlers had to promise to join the Catholic church
By 1827, Austin had agreed to Mexico's terms and attracted ____ families to settle in Texas
27
297
729
2700
By 1830, there were about (A) Americans in Texas, and (B) Tejanos (Texans of Mexican descent) there.
A) 25,000, B) 4,000
A) 4,000, B) 25,000
Which of the following is NOT one of the complaints American Texans had by 1830 listed in the textbook?
they resented taking orders from Mexican officials (they wanted to govern themselves)
they were unhappy that all official documents had to be in Spanish (a language most refused to learn)
slave-holders were upset when Mexico outlawed Slavery
there were too many of them living on too small a space of land (they wanted more land to spread out across)
TRUE or FALSE In response to the complaints from Americans living in Texas, the Mexican government responded by closing Texas to any further U.S. immigration.
True
False
Which was NOT one of the reactions American Texans had to the border being closed?
plan a revolution against Mexico
demand borders be re-opened
plan a way to re-instate slavery
demand Texas be made a separate Mexican state
TRUE or FALSE The Mexican dictator agreed to make a separate Mexican state for the people so they would not revolt.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE When the Texans in San Antonio began a revolt, Texans from other parts of the region came to support them against the Mexican army.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE At the battle at the Alamo, the Texans were greatly outnumbered by Mexican troops.
True
False
When Houston, the Texan-American leader, led the Mexican troops further away from Mexico, they became weaker because their supplies were further away. What did the Mexican leader Santa Anna give them in exchange for his freedom?
he ordered all his remaining troops out of Texas
he awarded the territory to the Texan-Americans
he offered to stop taxing Texans
he promised never to set foot in Texas again
TRUE or FALSE Once Texas became an independent country of its own, it became known as the Lone Star Republic.
True
False
How long did Texas remain independent until the US annexed the land?
ten years
twenty-four years
ten years
just over two years
Which of the following was NOT a sentiment some people had about Texas becoming a part of the US?
some Americans thought they would end up having to go to war with the Texans because the Texans wanted to be independent
Southerners were eager to add another slave state
Northerners who opposed slavery wanted to keep Texas out
some citizens feared annexation of the land would lead to a war with Mexico
TRUE or FALSE Oregon country stretched from the Appalachian mountains all the way west to the Pacific Ocean.
True
False
Which land did not border the Oregon country to the north and south?
Canada
New Mexico
Spanish California
Washington
TRUE or FALSE For a time after 1825, Great Britain and the US agreed to a peaceful joint occupation of Oregon.
True
False
What did a young fur trapper named Jebediah Smith find in 1824?
gold
a place to fight the British over the land where the US would have the advantage
an easier trail across the Rocky Mountains for pioneers traveling westward
the expedition of Lewis & Clark, lost and almost starved to death
a cure for dysentery
TRUE or FALSE The first Americans to travel through the South Pass of the Rockies were gold prospectors.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE The first Oregon settlers wrote letters home describing Oregon as a paradise.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE President Polk was willing to go to war with Great Britain over the Oregon country.
True
False
Which is NOT true about the about the decision about whether to make Oregon part of the US?
The presence of British troops in the northern portion of the region threatened the settlers who lived there.
Senators from the West opposed the treaty. They wanted to hold out for all of Oregon, not half of it.
Senators from the South and the East strongly favored the treaty with Great Britain that divided Oregon roughly in half. They didn't think the land was worth going to war over.
TRUE or FALSE Once Texas and Oregon belonged to the US, President Polk also wanted to add California and New Mexico.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE President Polk wasn't willing to go to war with Mexico over the land.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE These regions (California and New Mexico) originally belonged to Spain, but became Mexican territories when Mexico won its independence from Spain.
True
False
According to the text, what made President Polk believe he had a good chance of being able to buy the regions from Mexico?
they were thinly populated and mostly ignored by Mexico
they were surrounded by land the US controlled
Mexico didn't want to fight a war against the United States
their land wasn't very valuable for farming, mining, or trapping
TRUE or FALSE When Polk sent a representative to talk to Mexico about purchasing their land, Mexican officials refused to even see the representative.
True
False
How did Mexico feel about the earlier annexation of Texas as part of the US?
they hoped the US would be satisfied and stop infringing upon their land
they viewed it as an act of war
they were relieved because they believed the US was less likely to fight them than the Texan-Americans were
they believed that God had made Texas to be part of Mexico
TRUE or FALSE Texas and Mexico still hadn't decided on where the border between their lands would be.
True
False
Bloodshed over the border between Texas and Mexico was the start of ...
tense land negotiations
Spain trying to regain the land
the Mexican-American War
using the phrase "Remember the Alamo" as inspiration to fight
TRUE or FALSE The US took control of New Mexico without having to fire a single shot.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE The president didn't want to invade Mexico, he just wanted the land of California and New Mexico.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE The invading American army made it all the way south into Mexico to Mexico City.
True
False
Which of the following states was not one that some or all of the land was won by the US from Mexico after the war?
Texas
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Idaho
Which of the following was NOT part of the agreement in the Treaty at the end of the war?
Mexico would allow US pioneers to settle the northern part of what was now Mexico
Mexico gave up half of all its territory
The US paid Mexico $15 million
The US promised to protect all Mexicans living in Texas or any of the other regions given over to the US
TRUE or FALSE Most of the promises in the treaty after the war were not kept.
True
False
Which of the following was NOT an objection made about the agreements in the treaty?
some senators argued that the US had no right to any Mexican territory other than Texas
some senators believed that the war with Mexico was unfair and that the treaty was even more unfair
some thought that Mexico and the US should join to become one united and strong country
some thought that the land of New Mexico and California were not worth anything and should be returned to Mexico
some opposed the treaty because they wanted even more of the land of Mexico
TRUE or FALSE The Gadsden Purchase allowed Mexico to buy a small strip of land back from the US.
True
False
