history american expansion quiz

What purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803?

the Louisiana Purchase

What territory did the United States get from Spain with the Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819? Who played a major role in acquiring this territory from Spain?

Florida; John Quincy Adams, serving as Secretary of State at the time under President James Monroe

Name 2 purposes of the Monroe Doctrine

1. prevent European powers from interfering with things going on in the Western Hemisphere

2. protect territorial and economic interests of the United States

Which invention created the need for more slave labor in the South in 1793?

the cotton gin

What is the name of the compromise that added 1 new slave state and 1 new free state and also banned new states in the North from having slavery but allowed new states in the South to have slavery?

the Missouri Compromise

Which President forcefully removed Native Americans from their lands in what is known as “The Trail of Tears?”

Andrew Jackson

Describe ‘manifest destiny‘

Manifest Destiny was the popular belief of the 19th century that the people of the United States had a God-given mission and right to expand across all of North America, it being their “destiny” as the name suggests. It was used to justify their brutal ways of westward expansion.

What rules did Mexico want American settlers to follow when they moved to Texas?

They wanted them to get Mexican citizenship, speak Spanish, and follow the country’s main religion of Catholicism.

Name 3 western states the United States acquired from Mexico with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

California, Utah, Nevada

List 3 effects of the California Gold Rush

1. Deforestation and other negative environmental effects

2. White settlers pushing Native peoples off land that belonged to them

3. Big boom in various industries across America