The term ‘Westward Expansion’ refers to the period during the 19th Century when the United States federal government acquired more than a million square miles of land west of the Mississippi River, resulting in widespread American migration to the west. Can you tell us all about what happened during this period and what led to it in this quiz? Let’s find out!
Everyone in the United States moved to western states
The United States decided to expand to the west and have more land
The United States expanded from the west to the east
All Americans realized the west was cooler than the east
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California
New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
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Andrew Jackson
George Washington
James K. Polk
Abraham Lincoln
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Louisiana, Oregon, California, New York, and Arizona
Oregon, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and Florida
All 50 states
Oregon, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, California, and New Mexico
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Because it was a slave state and the northern states had banned slavery
Because it could possibly spark a war with Mexico
Because it would give the southern states more power and there would be less balance between the states
All of the above
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Mexico was angry about the United States annexing Texas
Sixteen American troops where shot at by a Mexican army
The United States and Mexico had different ideas of which river was the border between Mexico and Texas
All of the above
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Andrew Jackson
John O'Sullivan
James K. Polk
General Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna
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1803
1846
1848
1847
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James K. Polk
General Santa Anna
Andrew Jackson
John O'Sullivan
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Because it was 15 million and it could be hard to govern such a large country
Because it would turn into a slave state
Because Mexico wanted it as their territory
Because they were against the idea of Manifest Destiny
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Texas and Louisiana
Louisiana and The Mexican Cession
California and The Mexican Cession
The Mexican Cession and Texas
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The United States, Great Britain, Spain, and Russia
Spain, Mexico, France, and Great Britain
The United States, Great Britain, Spain, and Mexico
Mexico and The United States
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1800
1848
1863
1803
France
Spain
Mexico
Great Britain
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