This challenging worksheet has students answer multiple-choice questions, and fill in blanks to practice westward expansion skills.
It includes 9 questions across 2 sections for focused practice.
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Westward Expansion
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which event added the most land to the United States before the Mexican-American War?
A) The Gadsden Purchase
B) The Louisiana Purchase
C) The annexation of Texas
D) The Oregon Treaty
2. What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo accomplish?
A) It ended the War of 1812
B) It gave the U.S. the Oregon Territory
C) It ended the Mexican-American War and gave the U.S. the Mexican Cession
D) It purchased Alaska from Russia
3. Why did the concept of Manifest Destiny appeal to many Americans in the 1800s?
A) They wanted to return land to European nations
B) They believed expansion was their God-given right and destiny
C) They hoped to shrink the size of the country
D) They wanted to move the capital to California
4. Which agreement set the northern border of the Oregon Territory at the 49th parallel?
A) The Adams-Onis Treaty
B) The Missouri Compromise
C) The Oregon Treaty of 1846
D) The Gadsden Purchase
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The Mexican Cession was the land gained by the U.S. after the war with Mexico.
2. James K. Polk was the president who led the nation during the Mexican-American War.
3. The slogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight referred to the desired northern border of Oregon.
4. The United States and Britain both claimed the Oregon Territory before 1846.
5. Texas was an independent republic for nearly ten years before joining the United States.
Westward Expansion
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which event added the most land to the United States before the Mexican-American War?
A) The Gadsden Purchase
B) The Louisiana Purchase
C) The annexation of Texas
D) The Oregon Treaty
2. What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo accomplish?
A) It ended the War of 1812
B) It gave the U.S. the Oregon Territory
C) It ended the Mexican-American War and gave the U.S. the Mexican Cession
D) It purchased Alaska from Russia
3. Why did the concept of Manifest Destiny appeal to many Americans in the 1800s?
A) They wanted to return land to European nations
B) They believed expansion was their God-given right and destiny
C) They hoped to shrink the size of the country
D) They wanted to move the capital to California
4. Which agreement set the northern border of the Oregon Territory at the 49th parallel?
A) The Adams-Onis Treaty
B) The Missouri Compromise
C) The Oregon Treaty of 1846
D) The Gadsden Purchase
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) The Mexican Cession was the land gained by the U.S. after the war with Mexico.
2) James K. Polk was the president who led the nation during the Mexican-American War.
3) The slogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight referred to the desired northern border of Oregon.
4) The United States and Britain both claimed the Oregon Territory before 1846.
5) Texas was an independent republic for nearly ten years before joining the United States.
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