Westward Expansion Review

All of the following are considered significant roots of the Manifest Destiny except:

• Americans believed that it was their mission to extend democracy from Atlantic to Pacific coast.

• Expanding westward was a way to secure the United States from rival powers like England, Spain, and Russia.

• Plantation owners in the south wanted to expand their farming operations, and slavery, into the western frontier.

• Americans romanticized the pioneering spirit and as a symbol of individualism and freedom.

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the purchase of Florida in 1819, and the annexation of Texas in 1845 are all examples of what political philosophy of the 19th century?

• Free Enterprise System

• Federalism

• Abolitionism

• Manifest Destiny

How did the Compromise of 1850 affect land gained through the US-Mexican War?

• Established free markets of trade with both Mexico and the United States

• Expanding voting rights to women

• Opened Texas to the practice of slavery

• Created a new railroad system to transport goods from Texas to the east coast

Texas and California both have what historical characteristic in common?

• Achieved statehood in 1845

• Former territories of Mexico

• Settled by Mormons

• Allowed the practice of slavery

Which of the following quotes does not support the idea that it should be the mission of the United States to control all territory from Atlantic to Pacific coasts?

• “We are anxious to force free government on all; It is a great mistake.” – John Calhoun

• “And that claim is by the right…to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.” – John O’Sullivan

• “For the common happiness of them all, for their peace and prosperity, I believe it is indispensable that they should be associated in one federal Union.” – John Quincy Adams

• “The United States…are fully determined…to bring into cultivation every portion of the territory contained within their acknowledged boundaries.” – Henry Clay

What is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

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

What was the main reason Chinese immigrants came to America?

• to experience the wagon trail

• to search for Gold in California

• to help America fight Mexico