Westward Expansion Retest

What country did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase from?

• France

• Spain

• Russia

• Britain

What country did the United States buy Florida from?

• Spain

• France

• Britain

• Italy

The belief that the United States should expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean is called...

• Manifest Destiny

• Federalism

• Common Sense

• Constitutionalism

The discovery of what caused mass immigration to California in 1849?

• Gold

• Diamonds

• Excellent farmland

• Iron Ore

The Mexican-American War was caused by a border dispute over what state?

• Texas

• Florida

• Oregon

• Tennessee

What land did the United States gain as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago?

• The Mexican Cession

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Oregon Country

• Florida

What group of people moved into Utah in the 1840s?

• Mormons

• Catholics

• Germans

• Irish

What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

• The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Adams-Onis Treaty

• The Treaty of Versailles

True of False: Many people died crossing the Great Plains on the Oregon Trail

• True

• False

What was Texas between 1836 and 1845?

• An independent nation

• Part of Mexico

• Part of the British Empire

• One of the states of the United States