What is Manifest Destiny?
Test 4 Manifest Destiny Through Harper's Ferry Review

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History, Social Studies
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8th Grade
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Lauren Gray
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The belief that there needed to be a balance between slave states and free states in the Union.
The belief that the US should stretch from the East Coast all the way to the West Coast
The belief that the Native Americans were entitled to the land west of the Mississippi
The belief that the US was destined to be a global super power
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
James K. Polk's campaign slogan of "54'40 or fight!" was in regards to the boundary of which territory?
Utah Territory
Louisiana Territory
Oregon Territory
New Mexico Territory
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT a barrier to Manifest Destiny?
The Rocky Mountains, Cascade Mountains and Sierra Nevada Mountains all created natural hazards when moving west
The present-day states of California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico were all in Mexico Territory
The Oregon Territory was jointly controlled by Britain and the US
The land between the US and the West coast was mainly inhabited by Native American populations
After the Louisiana Purchase, the US was depleted of money and could no longer purchase land on the West Coast.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is another name for letting people vote on an issue like slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Electoralism
Compromise
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the president during the height of Manifest Destiny?
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
George Washington
James Monroe
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the preferred way for most travelers to get to Oregon during the first half of the 1800's?
Oxen-drawn covered wagon (schooner)
Horseback
By train
By ship
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The first city built by the Mormons in order to have their own place to live was:
Sacramento, California
Salt Lake City, Utah
Oregon City, Oregon
Nauvoo, Illinois
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