Westward Expansion Exam Review 4/30

Americans believed Westward Expansion would provide _________, ________, and _________.

• resources and land

• wealth

• prosperity

• free trade with other countries

Americans felt justified in Westward Expansion because it would ____________ and ________.

• spread democracy

• spread its borders

  (by gaining land)

• spread better internet hotspots

• provide access to public schools

What is territory 9 called? (Acquired in 1853)

• Oregon Territory

• Mexican Cession

• Texas Annexation

• Gadsden Purchase

The U.S. purchase the Louisiana Territory from ______.

What doubled the size of the US?

• Mexico
• Canada Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase
• California Purchase

These events occurred during Manifest Destiny: ​_____ ​ ​______, _______​ ​,​ and​_________ .

• Louisiana Purchase
• American Revolution
• population growth in the West
• US/Mexican War

• advances in transportation

Turn to page 21 of IAN. Match the land acquisition with the country the U.S. gained it from.

• Spain

• 13 Original Colonies

• Britain

• Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty)

• Mexico

• Gadsden Purchase

• France

• Louisiana Purchase

The land for present-day states of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah was acquired in 1848 from —

• Spain

• Mexico

• Great Britain

• Russia

Which of these would be the best title for the illustration?

• Divine Nature

• Survival of the Fittest

• Manifest Destiny

• Universal Expansion

Rio Grande is set as the US/ Mexico border.

Mexico cedes territory the U.S. later carves into CA, NV, UT, NM, AR, etc.

Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the U.S.

• Treaty of Paris

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo