USI 8a-8d

Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• James Monroe

Who explored the Louisiana Purchase?

• Lewis and Clark

• Thomas Jefferson

• Eli Whitney

• Jo Anderson

Where did the Lewis and Clark expedition end?

• California Territory

• Texas

• Oregon Territory

• Southwest Territory

How did the United States acquire Florida?

• Florida joined the U.S. after becoming an independent republic

• They divided up Florida with Great Britain

• By winning a war against Mexico

• By making a treaty with Spain

How did the United States aqcuire Texas?

• Texas joined the United States after becoming an independent republic

• The United States divided Texas with Great Britain

• The United States got Texas in a treaty with spain

• The United States purchased Texas from France in 1803

How did the United States acquire Oregon

• The United States purchased Oregon from the French

• The United States made a treaty with Spain to acquire Oregon

• The United states got Oregon from Mexico after a war

• The United States divided Oregon with Great Britain

How did the United States acquire California?

• The United States purchased California from France

• The United States got California from Mexico after a war

• The United States made a treaty with Spain to acquire California

• California joined the United States after becoming an independent republic

Which of these is an economic opportunity that caused settlers to move west?

• overcrowding in the west

• overcrowding in the east

• The California gold rush

• rocky, poor soil in Oregon

Which of these is not a reason that settlers moved west?

• the presence of large trading cities with harbors in the western territory

• cheap, fertile land in the western territories

• opportunity for logging (cutting and selling wood for lumber)

• opportunity to find freedom if they had escaped from slavery

What were the two overland trails that U.S. settlers used to go west?

• The Virginia Trail and the New Jersey Trail

• The Atlantic Trail and the Pacific Trail

• The Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail

• The Northern Trail and the Southern Trail