Chapter 15 TCI - Manifest Destiny

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
  

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. 
• Spain demanded too high a price for Texas. 

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

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

Why did the Tejanos resent the Americans settling in Texas? 

•  They did not allow slavery.
  
• They were settling illegally.
  
• They were unwilling to work. 
• They demanded that they be made citizens. 

The discovery of gold led to

• California statehood
• Polk becoming president
• a war with Mexico
• Texas statehood

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Which of these would be the best title for the illustration above?

• Divine Nature
• Survival of the Fittest
• Universal Expansion
• Manifest Destiny

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Nearly, 4,000 Cherokee died during the ____________. When they were forced from there homelands.

• Trail of Sadness
• Trail Where they Cried
• Trail of Tears
• Trial of Trails