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US Expansion

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Which expansion is territory number 1?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Original 13 States

c)

Texas Annexation

d)

Oregon Country

2.

2. What war did the United States win to get territory number 2?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

War of 1812

d)

Revolutionary War

3.

3. What country did the United States make a treaty with to get territory number 2?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Russia

4.

4. Which expansion is territory number 3?

a)

Gadsden Purchase

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

Mexican Purchase

d)

Mexican Cession

5.

How much did the United States pay for territory number 3?

a)

Nothing

b)

5 million

c)

10 million

d)

15 million

6.

6. From what country did the United States buy territory number 3?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Mexico

c)

France

d)

Spain

7.

What is the expansion in territory number 4?

a)

Florida Cession

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Oregon Country

d)

Original 13 states

8.

8. From what country did the United States get territory number 4?

a)

Florida

b)

Spain

c)

Mexico

d)

Great Britain

9.

9. What expansion is territory number 5?

a)

Oregon Country

b)

Treaty with Great Britain

c)

Gadsden Purchase

d)

Texas Annexation

10.

From what country did the United States get territory number 5?

a)

Mexico

b)

Spain

c)

Texas

d)

Great Britain

11.

11. How much did the United States pay for territory number 5?

a)

Nothing

b)

5 million

c)

10 million

d)

15 million

12.

12. What expansion is territory number 6?

a)

Gadsden Purchase

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Canadian Purchase

d)

Oregon Country

13.

From what country did the United States get the Oregon Country?

a)

Canada

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

Russia

14.

What expansion is territory number 7?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Gadsden Purchase

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Texas Annexation

15.

15. From what country did the United States get territory number 7?

a)

Spain

b)

Texas

c)

California

d)

Mexico

16.

How much did the Untied States pay for territory number 7?

a)

Nothing

b)

5 million

c)

10 million

d)

15 million

17.

Bonus. What General invaded Florida even though he was told not to by President Monroe?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Napoleon

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

George Washington

18.

Bonus - What city did the United States want to buy from France but Napoleon offered all of Louisiana?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Chicago

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Houston

19.

Bonus - What expansion is territory number 8?

a)

Canadian Purchase

b)

Gadsden Purchase

c)

Seward's Folly

d)

The Railroad Expansion

20.

Bonus - What was the idea that the United States should expand from Sea to Shining Sea (from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean)

a)

Mandible Detour

b)

Monster Expansion

c)

Mandatory Destruction

d)

Manifest Destiny