WorksheetsWestward Expansion Quiz 1/12/24
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What territory, prior to it's annexation, was a disputed land between Mexico and the United States?
Texas
Oregon
Florida
Louisiana
What river was considered by the United States to be the true border between Texas and Mexico?
Rio Grande
Mississippi
Missouri
Colorado
Who was President during the Mexican Cession?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
Thomas Jefferson
What was the name of the conflict between Mexico and the United States?
The Mexican-American War
The Civil War
War of 1812
The Spanish-American War
The Mexican Cession was the land given to the United States by Mexico after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It included:
Oregon and Texas
California, Nevada, Utah, part of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming
California, Florida, South Carolina, and Washington
None of the above
Who really blazed the Oregon trail?
merchants
trappers
missionaries
trappers
Original 13 states 1776
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Texas 1845
Oregon 1846
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Northwest Territory 1783
Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1842
Great Britain Cession 1816
Spanish Cession of Florida 1819
Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1842
Mexican Cession 1848
Original 13 states
Texas 1845
Original 13 states 1776
Mississippi ceded from Spain 1810
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Oregon 1846
Spanish Cession 1819
Gadsden Purchase 1853
Mexican Cession 1848
Mexican Cession 1848
Great Britain Cession 1816
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Oregon 1846
Gadsden Purchase 1853
Original 13 states 1776
Texas 1845
Louisiana Purchase 1803
