UNIT 7: WESTWARD EXPANSION

Question 1

Key Focus

Answer 1

America’s expansion to the Northern continent and the effects of the gained territories.

Question 2

Reasons for manifest destiny

Answer 2

It was the belief that America was destined to expand its territory across North America.

Driven by economic opportunities, spreading democracy, and cultural superiority.

Question 3

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Answer 3

Doubled the U.S. (bought from France).

Question 4

Mexican-American War (1846-1848)

Answer 4

Led to the U.S. gaining Texas, California, and more land.

Question 5

Florida Cession

Answer 5

A 1819 agreement between the United States and Spain that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain (later Mexico