Chapter 13 Manifest Destiny

Which of these statements about Manifest Destiny is true?

• James K. Polk was against it.

• It was the belief that the US should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

• It was supported by all Americans.

• It protected the rights of Native Americans.

"Joint occupation" meant that Americans could settle in the Oregon Country and so could the ____.

• Russians

• Chinese

• Spanish

• British

Which of these statements is true of the Whitman family?

• The Cayuse blamed them for the measles epidemic.

• They moved to California after gold was discovered.

• They died in a measles epidemic.

• They prevented people from settling in Oregon Country.

Which of these countries did not claim land in the Oregon Country?

• Russia

• Britain

• France

• Spain

After Florida became a territory, who settled there?

• Enslaved people

• the Spanish

• people from the Northeast

• planters from the South

6. Florida did not become a state until what happened?

• Iowa entered the Union as a free state.

• Ohio entered the Union as a free state.

• Georgia entered the Union as a slave state.

• Texas entered the Union as a slave state.

Before becoming part of the United States, Texas belonged to ____.

• Mexico

• Spain

• France

• Britain

Which of these statements about the Alamo is true?

• General Santa Anna was defeated there.

• All the defenders who fought there were killed.

• There were about the same number of soldiers fighting on each side.

• The battle had little effect on the war.

Mexican leader Santa Anna recognized Texas independence after the Battle of ____.

• San Antonio

• the Alamo

• Houston

• San Jacinto

Texas soldiers shouted, "Remember the Alamo!" at the Battle of San Jacinto.

• True

• False