Manifest Destiny Summary Intro

Open Ended

How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States?

Multiple Choice

What was the main goal of supporters of "Manifest Destiny"?

• to convince Canada to become part of the USA

• tp expand the US territory to the Pacific Ocean

• to build a canal across Central America

• to acquire naval bases in the Carribbean

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to annex a territory? Choose the best answer.

• To invite a people to move to a country or territory

• To add land to an existing country or territory

• To purchase a country or territory from a foreign power

• To remove people from an existing country or territory

Multiple Choice

Who coined the term manifest destiny?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• John O'Sullivan

• President Abraham Lincoln

Multiple Choice

The idea of manifest destiny was that the United States was destined to do what?

• Occupy all of the land in the Central United States

• Occupy all of the Eastern United States

• Expand its land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

• Expand its land from Canada to South America

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Reorder the following.

What order did the United States acquire its territories?

• Louisiana

• Florida

• Texas

• Oregon

• Gadsden

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5

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• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

The MAIN attraction that drew new settlers to the Northwest Territory in the late 1700s and early 1800s was

• The land was uninhabited

• Growing cities offered factory jobs.

• The region thrived on plantation agriculture.

• Land was good for growing crops.

Multiple Choice

According to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, when did a territory enter stage three, allowing it to apply to become a state?

• When Congress decided the territory was ready

• When the president decided the territory was ready

• After 60,000 free people lived in a territory

• When the governor voted to allow the territory to apply

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President Jefferson sent a representative to France to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans because the city was ​ ​

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President Jefferson sent ​

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to explore the area gained from the Louisiana Purchase.

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What year was the Louisiana Purchase? ​

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1803

1776

1783

1830

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Name The Territories

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Original 13 Colonies

America

Louisiana

Florida

Texas

• Original 13 Colonies

• America

• Louisiana

• Florida

• Texas

Multiple Choice

How did the land that is now Oregon and Washington become part of the United States?

• It was signed over by Britain in a treaty ending joint occupation by the two countries.

• It was bought by France, as it was part of the territory that changed hands with the Louisiana Purchase.

• It was part of the Mexican Cession, which was territory gained following the U.S.-Mexican War

• It was purchased from Russia, which had previously established fur trading posts there.

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In 1844, James K. Polk ran for presidency on a platform favoring ​

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The ​

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ended the Mexican-American war.​

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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Treaty of 1783

Adams-Onis Treaty

Rush-Bagot Treaty

Multiple Choice

How did the acquisition of the identified land shown above impact the growth of the United States?

• Allowed for an easy trade route into Mexico

• Prompted the belief in Manifest Destiny

• Expanded trade between the south and west

• Relocated Natives to avoid further conflicts