Westward Expansion

What is the Manifest Destiny?

• US should possess all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• US should possess all the last east of the Mississippi River

• US should possess all the land west of the Mississippi River

• US should possess all the land between Canada and Mexico

Why did Americans want to expand westward?

• The discovery of gold

• The potential for new markets to sell things in

• To complete the railroad

• Lots of inexpensive farmland

Which of the following was a cause of the Mexican-American War?

• Manifest Destiny

• Sinking of the Lucitania

• Annexation of Texas

• Border dispute

Which of the following was an effect of the Mexican-American War?

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago

• Mexican cession

• Gadsden Purchase

• Treaty of San Antonio

Which of the following are ECONOMIC reasons for the Manifest Destiny?

• gold

• new markets

• inexpensive farmland

• spread of slavery

Which of the following is an effect of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

• Gave the US more than half of Mexico's northern territory

• Ended the Mexican-American War

• Stopped the US westward expansion

• Made the Rio Grande River the border between the US and Mexico

What does "cession" mean?

• giving up rights, property or territory by a state

• adding new property to an existing property

• stopping or ending

• a meeting of a group of people

Which is true about the Gadsden Purchase?

• The US paid Mexico $1 million for its land

• The US paid Mexico $10 million for its land

• the land later became part of Texas

• the land later became part of Arizona and New Mexico

How did the US acquire #1?

• Lewis & Clark purchase from France

• cession from Spain

• ceded by Britain

• annexation from Mexico

How did the US acquire #2?

• cession from Spain

• Gadsden Purchase from Mexico

• ceded by Britain

• Lewis & Clark