Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny was the belief that...

• It was the United States' obvious fate to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
• native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.
• the United States should respect the land claims of countries.
• all people in the United States should have the right to vote.

Which is a reason the United States wanted to expand Westward?

• to protect the natural environment
• to learn about the Native American cultures
• to spread religion, and their way of life all the way to the Pacific Ocean
• to have closer relations with Europe

During the 1800's, United States territorial expansion included all of the following except

• Colonial Virginia
• Louisiana Territory
• Spanish Florida
• Texas Republic

How were the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican Cession similar events?

• both took place after a war with Mexico
• both cost the United States 15 million dollars
• both took place before 1819
• both gave the United States a shipping port

What was the main reason the US wanted to acquire the Louisiana Territory?

• religious freedom
• to give the native Americans a place to live
• to gain control of the port of New Orleans
• so that slaves no longer had a place to run to

The US and Mexico agreed on $10 Million dollars for the sale of this small piece of territory which contained a pass through the mountains that could be used for railroads.

• Louisiana Territory
• Texas
• Gadsden Purchase
• Florida

Several years after gaining its independence from Mexico, this area was admitted into the US.

• Florida
• Texas
• Oregon Country
• Louisiana Territory

The US and Britain agreed on a boundary that divided this territory and gave the southern part of it to the United States.

• Florida
• Mexican Cession
• Gadsden Purchase
• Oregon Country

The United States paid $15 million dollars to France for this huge territory.

• Texas
• Louisiana Territory
• Oregon Country
• Florida

The United States invaded this territory and defeated Mexico, gaining this territory in a treaty that ended the war.  It also established the Rio Grande as a boundary.

• Mexican Cession
• Texas
• Florida
• Gadsden Purchase