The United States acquired the oregon Territory when--Responsesthe territory's settlers voted for annexation by the United Statesthe territory's settlers voted for annexation by the United Statesa treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the landa treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the landMexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 millionMexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 millionRussia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 million

The boundary dispute over the Oregon Territory began after which two nations claimed the area? A. The United States and Great Britain B. The United States and France C. France and Great Britain D. Great Britain and Spain

What land did the U.S. acquire after the U.S. - Mexican war?The Louisiana TerritoryFloridaThe Oregon TerritoryThe Mexican Cession

17. What country had a "joint occupation" of the Oregon territory with the United States? aSpainbEnglandcRussiadChinaeFranceNeeds Answer18. Who had the campaign slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight"? aMeriwether LouisbAndrew JacksoncJames MonroedJames PolkNeeds Answer19. Why did The United States make the Gadsden Purchase? aCreate a new Native American territorybTo build a railroadcTo gain access to precious metalsdGain access to valuable portsNeeds Answer20. What did the United States NOT agree to in the The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo aProtect Mexicans living in the newly acquired landbPay Mexico $15 million for the land acquired during the warcReturn the Texas border to the Nueces RiverdAcquire half of Mexico's land in North AmericaNeeds Answer21. What is the word that means to add territory to a country. aannexbnullifyccededsecedeNeeds Answer22. Who did Mexico allow to start a colony in Texas, as long as he followed certain conditions? aGeneral Santa AnnabSam HoustoncStephen AustindDavey CrockettNeeds Answer23. Who lured General Santa Anna and his troops deeper into Texas and defeated them in San Jacinto? aJames BowiebSam HoustoncStephen AustindDavey Crockett

Which of the following is an accurate description of a major turning point in American history?AThe Texas Annexation occurred in 1845, after the end of the Mexican American War.BThe Mexican Cession, granted in 1872, gave to the US possession of a large chunk of land in the Northwest corner of the US, from Spain.CThe Oregon Territory became a part of the US in 1846 as a result of the Louisiana Purchase.DThe land deal in 1803 between France and the US gave the US 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi for about $15,000,000.

Resolved, That our title to the whole of the Territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power, and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this Convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union. --Democratic Party Platform of 1844This excerpt provides evidence that in 1844 Democrats supported-- Responsesmaking Manifest Destiny an official federal policymaking Manifest Destiny an official federal policyprohibiting the expansion of slavery into new areas of the United Statesprohibiting the expansion of slavery into new areas of the United Statessocial Darwinism as a justification for expansionsocial Darwinism as a justification for expansionfederal financing of transportation systems in the West