Westward Expansion 2

The belief that it was the United States' God-given right to expand to the west was called

• Nortwest Ordiance

• Manifest West

• Manifest Destiny

• Gold Rush

What U.S. President ran on the platform of Manifest Destiny?

• Andrew Jackson

• James Monroe

• James K Polk

• Thomas Jefferson

The Texans fought to defend a Spanish mission called the

• Fort McHenry

• Fort Moultrie

• Alamo

What U.S. state was once an independent country for 9 years?

• Florida

• Oregon

• Texas

• Arizona

Why did Texas remain independent for 9 years?

• because it didn't agree with the US government.

• So it wouldn't upset the balance of free and slave states

• Because they disliked the President.

• because they wanted

American ana Mexican settlers did not get along in Texas because

(CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS)

• Americans were bringing slaves in

• The Mexicans stole the Americans' slaves.

• The Americans refused to become Catholic.

• The Americans tried to make the Mexicans join the Catholic Church.

The Mexican War was fought between the United States and Mexico over the land of

• Louisiana

• Missouri

• California

• Texas

The treaty that ended the Mexican War gave the US these lands in exchange for $15 million.

• Louisiana, Missouri and Arkansas

• California, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Nevada

• California and Alaska

• Florida, Louisiana and Kansas

The first settlers that went far west were

• plantation owners

• goldseekers

• fur trappers and missionaries

• railroad workers

The Mormons traveled west looking for

• good farmland

• religious freedom

• gold

• beaver fur