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Which territory was added to the US when Thomas Jefferson purchased land from France?
a) Southwest Territory
b) Florida Territory
c) Louisiana Territory
d) Oregon Territory

Which territory was gained when Great Britain and the US made a treaty?
a) Southwest Territory
b) Texas
c) Louisiana Territory
d) Oregon Territory

Which territory was given to the US through a treaty with Spain?
a) Texas
b) Florida
c) California
d) Oregon

Which territory was added to the US after gaining independence?
a) Texas
b) Florida
c) Oregon
d) Southwestern

Which territory was added to the US after winning a war against Mexico?
a) Texas
b) Florida
c) Louisiana
d) California

Who explored the Louisiana Purchase?
a) Meriwether Lewis
b) William Clark
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Lewis and Clark

Which economic factor did not influence the westward movement?
a) Cheep, fertile farmland
b) Availability of natural resources (gold, lumber)
c) Wealth of the people in the Eastern US
d) Cheaper and faster transportation

What is manifest destiny?
a) The idea that people's destiny is in their own hands
b) The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country
c) The idea that the West was a chance to start new
d) The idea that the destiny of the country is in the West

Which trails helped settlers move from the East to the West?
a) The Santa Fe and the Sierra Nevada
b) The Oregon and the San Dieago
c) The Santa Fe and the Seattle
d) The Santa Fe and the Oregon

What technology helped make transportation faster?
a) Wagon Trains
b) Overland Trails
c) Canals
d) Better maps of the coast

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