MANIFEST DESTINY/IMMIGRATION

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

Results of the U.S. Mexican War
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United  States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present­ day states.

Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?

• Treaty of Paris
• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Treaty of Jefferson
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

What piece of land was purchased in order to build something in the South? What did they want to build?

• Mexican Cession/Trails
• Louisiana Territory/Canals
• transcontinental/Oregon Country
• Gadsden Purchase/Railroad

Oregon Trail 

• a route used during the US migration westward
• a person who went to California for the gold rush
• a giving up ( as in territory or rights ) to another
• a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

The US got Florida from

• France
• Great Britain
• Mexico
• Spain

How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?

• It led to war. 
• It doubled the nation's size.
• It limited trade opportunities.
• It led to the discovery of a water route across the country.

Who did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase from?

• Spain
• France
• Great Britain
• Mexico

Texans fought for independence against what country?

• United States
• Mexico
• France
• Great Britain

What year did the most miners rush to California?

• 1848
• 1849
• 1852
• 1853

A belief in manifest destiny, the Mexican - American War and the completion of the Transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the

• rise of big business
• growth of the labor movement
• abolitionist movement
• expansion and settlement of the West