Manifest Destiny

Which title best completes this list?

• Economic Motives for Passing the Northwest Ordinance

• Reasons for Issuing the Monroe Doctrine

• Economic Motives for Manifest Destiny Policies

• Reasons for the Gadsden Purchase

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

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

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 a agrarian economy

Which of the following occurred as a result of these events?

• The president of Mexico refused to withdraw troops from Texas

• Parts of southern Texas were returned to Mexico

• The United States acquired several territories from Mexico

• Mexico was forced to sell Florida to the United States

Which reason did the U.S. give for declaring war against Mexico in 1846?

• To overturn a corrupt Mexican government

• To defend U.S. territory from Mexican aggression

• To end a Mexican slave rebellion

• To respond to attacks on U.S. merchant ships by Mexican pirates

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

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Guacamole Hot taco)

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which numbered area did the United States acquire in 1846 after negotiations with Great Britain?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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