Assessment: Lesson 15

"Manifest Destiny" is the idea that the Untitled States had the right to do which of the following?

• Expand Across North America

• Build A Transcontinental Railroad

• Promote International Trade With Europe

• Establish A Monarchy

According to the concept of "Manifest Destiny," where did the United State's right come from?

• God

• Congress

• The President

• The Supreme Court

Label Each Territorial Expansion

a

b

c

d

e

f

Louisiana Territory

Mexican Cession

Florida Territory

Texas

Oregon Territory

Gadsden Purchase

This territory was acquired through a treaty with France, who sold the land to United States during the term of President Thomas Jefferson.

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Oregon

This territory was acquired through a treaty with Spain, who sold the land to the United States in exchange for $5 million in settled land claims.

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Oregon

The United States wanted this territory because it was well suited for growing cotton.

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Oregon

The United States wanted this territory to protect Southern slave owners from raids by Seminole Indians and enslaved people who had escaped Southern plantations.

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Oregon

This territory was considered valuable to the United States because of it's access to the Mississippi River and the port city of New Orleans.

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Oregon

The United States only acquired this territory after it was independent for nine years, annexing it under the Presidency of James Polk.

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Oregon

This territory was claimed by the United States through the settlement of an estimated 400,000 people, who travelled 2,000 miles by covered wagon to reach it.

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Oregon