Manifest Destiny

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What is Manifest Destiny?

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The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America

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What states were part of the Mexican Cession? Options: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada

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California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada

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What was the result of the purchase of Louisiana?

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doubled the size of the United States

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How did the U.S. acquire Oregon? Options: treaty with the British, war with England, purchased from the British, war with Mexico

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treaty with the British

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Why was the Gadsden Purchase added to the U.S. in 1853?

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It was needed for the building of a railroad.

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The discovery of gold led to

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California statehood

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How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide for the orderly expansion of the United States?

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It provided procedures for establishing territories and creating states.

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Name the piece of land: Mexican Cession, Northwest Territory, Trans-Appalachian West, Oregon Country

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Oregon Country

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What was the name of the treaty where Mexico ceded half of its land to the United States? Options: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of San Jacinto, Treaty of Mesa Verde, Treaty of Alama Gordo

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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The President most associated with Manifest Destiny was ---.
Options: Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James K. Polk

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James K. Polk