Manifest Destiny Review

The idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America is known as ____________.

• Manifest Destiny

• Gold Rush

• God's Obvious Will

• Westward Expansion

Which leader is most associated with Manifest Destiny?

• James K. Polk

• Andrew Jackson

• Zachary Taylor

• John O'Sullivan

Who coined the term "Manifest Destiny?"

• John O'Sullivan

• James K. Polk

• Zachary Taylor

• Andrew Jackson

What did the ideology that became known as Manifest Destiny include? (choose 2)

• a belief in the inherent superiority of white Americans

• the conviction that Americans were destined by God to conquer the territories of North America

• a belief that the United States would eventually take over all of North America, including the nations of Canada and Mexico

• the idea that Americans had the duty to protect its neighbors in North and South America

What two extreme measures to clear the native population from the land did Manifest Destiny justify?

• forced removal

• violent extermination

• government treaties

• land grants

Who did the United States share the Oregon Territory with beginning in 1818?

• Great Britain

• France

• Russia

• Mexico

Where did the Oregon Treaty of 1846 divide the Oregon territory between the U.S. and Canada?

• the 49th parallel

• the 54-40 parallel

• the 2nd parallel

• the 38th parallel

Which present-day states did the territory acquired by the Untied States under the provision of the Oregon Treaty include?

• Idaho

• Oregon

• Washingon

• parts of Montana and Wyoming

• parts of California and New Mexico

What two things did Polk's embrace of Manifest Destiny and the acquisition of new territories lead to?

• tension between abolitionists and slaveholders

• heightened conflict between white settlers and Native Americans

• conflict with Great Britain over the Oregon Territory

• an increased amount of immigrants coming to the eastern United States

What did the Wilmot Proviso say? (choose 2)

• the Mexican-American War had not been fought for the purpose of expanding slavery

• slavery would never exist in the territories acquired from Mexico after the war

• the state of California would be divided into slave and non-slave halves

• the newly acquired lands from Mexico would be allowed to choose if they would become free or slave