Westward Expansion #1

With which country did the US make a treaty to acquire the Oregon Territory?

• Mexico

• Britain

• Spain

• Russia

The Northwest Ordinance was important because:

• it made a plan for how the United States would add new states to the Union.

• it was a plan for how the United States would acquire the Northwest Territory.

• it was a law governing the new Oregon Territory.

• it was a set of laws to help pioneers deal with the American Indians in the Northwest Territory.

Which was NOT a cause of the Mexican-American War?

• annexation of Texas by the United States

• Santa Anna defeating Americans at the Alamo

• a border dispute between the US and Mexico about the western border of Texas

• Zachary Taylor taking his troops to the Rio Grande

The name of the treaty that helped the US reach the Pacific Ocean was the?

• Oregon Treaty

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Treaty of Paris 1783

What led lawmakers to create the Northwest Ordinance?

• Americans were clashing with the American Indians

• Americans were angry that the British forbade them from going into the territory

• states were arguing about how to settle the Northwest Territory

• the US government needed the resources found in the territory

The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War was the:

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Oregon Treaty

• California Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

The United States acquired Florida with the:

• Oregon Treaty

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Florida-Mexico Treaty

• Treaty of 1845

The idea that America was destined to stretch from Atlantic to Pacific and occupy all of the continent of North America was:

• the Grand Plan

• Manifest Destiny

• The Polk Doctrine

• The Polk Plan

Part of the reason James Polk won the election of 1844 is that:

• the nation was feeling happy after defeating the British in war

• no one opposed him when he ran

• he promised make Manifest Destiny a reality

• he was hot

Lewis and Clark followed the __________ when exploring the __________.

• Missouri River, Louisiana Purchase

• Ohio River, Northwest Territory

• Mississippi River, Louisiana Purchase

• Columbia River, Oregon Territory