Westward Expansion Quiz

Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

• Abolishing slavery throughout the United States
• Occupying all of North America
• Withdrawing from foreign affairs
• Returning to an agrarian economy

The list describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from-

• Italy
• China
• Germany
• Japan

Which even on the time line contributed most directly to the outbreak of the U.S.-Mexican War?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What was one reason James K Polk won the presidential election of 1844?

• He was against removing American Indians from their native lands
• He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories
• He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny
• He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi River

Which of these characteristics also describes these two states?

• Founded as work colonies for debtors
• Former slave states
• Were havens for religious dissenters
• Former Spanish colonies

Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• A
• B
• C
• D

During the 1840's the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Manifest Destiny
• The American System
• States' Rights

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when-

• a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land
• Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 million
• the territory's settlers voted for annexation by the United States
• Russia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 million

Which of the following best represents the ideas associated with the visual?

• The spread of slavery should be outlawed north of Texas
• The U.S. government felt Native Americans could live in peace with the White population
• Americans believed it was their right to expand and possess the continent from ocean to ocean
• A majority of Americans wanted to make peace and avoid the conflict of the Civil War

What attracted so many Americans to California in the late 1840s?

• The availability of inexpensive farmland
• Increasing trade with China and Japan
• Employment building a transcontinental railroad
• The discovery of gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada