War and Expansion in the US

Multiple Choice

The idea that it was the fate of the USA to take control of the entire North American continent from coast to coast in order to establish their democratic form of government and spread their civilization

• Wilmot Proviso

• Manifest Destiny

• Texas Revolution

• Mexican American War

Multiple Choice

How did the USA gain control of California?

• They defeated Mexico in the Mexican American War

• The Louisiana Purchase

• It was included in the Oregon Territory which they got from Britain

• The Texas Revolution also automatically added California to the USA

Multiple Choice

The US Civil War was fought between:

• The East and the West

• The North and the South

• The North and the West

• The South and the West

Multiple Choice

Several southern states seceded from the Union after the election of

• Jefferson Davis

• James Buchanan

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

Multiple Choice

What is the term for the period following the Civil War when the nation was rebuilding and reintegrating the southern states to the Union?

• Reset

• The Civil War reparation

• Reconstruction

• Reconciliation

Multiple Choice

In what year was the transcontinental railroad in the US completed?

• 1849

• 1861

• 1869

• 1877