What is meant by the term "westward expansion?"
Unit 7 - Westward Expansion

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Adele Champlin
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This term describes how the USA expanded north into Canadian territory.
This term describes how the western side of the USA grew larger.
This term describes how the USA purchased, annexed, and took over land in western North America.
This term describes how the USA grew from the west toward the east.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the continent?
Monroe Doctrine
Indian Removal Act
Manifest Destiny
Reciprocity Treaty
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which territory did the United States buy from France that doubled the size of the nation?
Texas
Louisiana
Oregon
California
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In which area of North America was gold found, giving people all over the world "Gold Fever" in 1848?
Texas
Oregon
Louisiana
California
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What could be the most likely reason for the US wanting to use the Gadsden area to build a railroad?
Just to gain more land, no other reason.
President Franklin Pierce wanted to satisfy Americans living in the southwest.
The Gadsden area could also be useful for farming if a railroad system was not built.
The geography of the Gadsden area better allows for the building of a railroad system.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo do?
It left the border where it was.
It gave Mexico more land.
It annexed Texas to the USA.
It ended the US-Mexico War and the US gained more land.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the name of the time period when people flocked from all over the world to California?
The Gold Rush
The Gold Movement
Goldilocks
The Gold Gathering
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