American Expansion Quiz

What purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803? Who was the President for this purchase?

Louisiana Purchase,Thomas Jefferson

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

What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine? (Name at least 2)

• Cannot be colonized 

• Governments cannot be overthrown

• Interference would warrant military action by the U.S. 

• U.S. also would not interfere with European affairs

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

The cotton-gin, Eli Whitney

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?

• Missouri Compromise

• New slave state = Missouri 

• New free state = Maine

Which President forcefully removed Native Americans from their lands in what is known as “The Trail of Tears?” Where were the Native Americans forced to move?

Andrew Jackson, Moved to present day Oklahoma or Indian territory

Describe Manifest Destiny

The belief that it was the United States' destiny to be in control of the land “from sea to shining sea.” The Pacific ocean to the Atlantic. Therefore, they had the right to take over land from Mexico and Native Americans

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

• Give up their American citizenship and become Mexican citizens

• convert to Catholicism

• speak Spanish

• follow all their laws

• not practice slavery

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

• California,

  New Mexico

• Nevada

• Utah,

• Arizona

• and half of Colorado

List 3 effects of the California Gold Rush

• Population growth - Between 1849-1852, 240,000 people arrived in California

• Native American population would be wiped out by disease or intentionally killed by whites

• Native American population dropped from 150,000 to 30,000 in twenty years

• California would join the Union as a free state in 1850

• Many white Southerners living in California wanted slavery

• Slavery would continue to be an issue as the country grew and profits from slavery were at an all-time high