Ch. 15 Review

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

The United States acquired land in all of these ways except

• through war
• through treaties
• through settlement
• through inheritance

Before the early 1800s, which two countries claimed the Louisiana Territory?

• France and Spain
• Russia and Mexico
• Canada and Mexico
• United States and Great Britain

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.

Why did some northerners oppose the annexation of Texas?

• Texas allowed slavery.
• Spain had a claim to Texas.
• Texas was too large to be a state.

Which of these was an incentive for settlers to travel to Oregon Country?

• gold deposits
• fertile farmland
• religious freedom
• Canadian citizenship

Which of these contributed to the start of the Mexican-American War?

• the Battle of Buena Vista
• the election of James K. Polk
• the U.S. invasion of California
• the annexation of Texas by the U.S. Congress

How was Mexico affected by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• It gained valuable farmland.
• It increased trade opportunities.
• It decreased its territory by half.
• It provided more jobs for citizens.

Which of these describes President Polk?

• He did all he could to avoid war with Mexico.
• He wanted the United States to increase its territory.
• He worked to build friendships with border nations.
• He bought land that proved to be of little use to the country.

What was gained through the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?

• a good railroad route to California
• a land grant to increase the size of Arizona
• an end to illegal immigration to the United States
• the end of a long border dispute with Mexico