Unit 7--Westward Expansion (Manifest Destiny)

Question 1

What does Manifest Destiny mean

Answer 1

to acquire all land in the north America

Question 2

What are the territories acquired during the Westward Expansion?

Answer 2

Louisiana Purchase (1803), Florida (1819), Texas (1845), the Oregon Territory (1846), and the Mexican Cession (1848).

Question 3

which territory was the last to be acquired by the Americans

Answer 3

The last acquired was Gadsden 1853

Question 4

why did America get Florida

Answer 4

Florida had become a burden to Spain, which could not afford to send settlers

Question 5

why was the Louisiana Purchase important

Answer 5

The Louisiana purchase doubled the size f the united states giving access to the Mississippi rivers

Question 6

why did President James K. Polk ask Congress to declare war on Mexico?

Answer 6

Because of the conflict between Texas and Mexico, and the annexation of Texas by the United States