HMS-Westward Expansion

The present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah were acquired in 1848 from —

• Spain
• Mexico
• Great Britain
• Russia

Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest Destiny?

• The owner of a textile factory in the Northeast
• A slave on a southern plantation
• A Native American
• A farmer wanting to obtain new land

Belief in the idea of Manifest Destiny was one reason that —

• the United States went to war with Mexico
• transcendentalists established utopian societies
• the Bank of the United States was established
• women organized the Seneca Falls Convention

The President most associated with Manifest Destiny was ---.

• Andrew Jackson
• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln
• James K. Polk

What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the Mexican War of 1846 have in common?

• They brought about a war with Spain.
• They increased the territory of the United States.
• Each resulted in territory annexed by the United States.
• Each involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.

Northern opposition to the U.S. annexation of Texas was mainly caused by ---.

• fears that the executive branch was controlling Congress
• resistance to the expansion of slavery and Southern political power
• opposition to expansionism and the use of American troops abroad
• demands from Mexicans that their army be deployed north of the Rio Grande

What geographic advantage did the United States obtain from the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

• warm water ports on the Atlantic coast
• rich fishing areas in the Great Lakes
• control of the Mississippi River
• valuable coal reserves in western Pennsylvania

How much did the United States pay for the Gadsden Purchase?

• $20 million
• $15 million
• $10 million
• $5 million

What year did the most miners rush to California?

• 1848
• 1849
• 1852
• 1853

Utah is mostly settled by what people?

• Mormons
• Christians
• Native Americans
• Mountain men and fur trappers