Manifest Destiny- Westward Expansion

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

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories
• removal of European influence from South America
• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
• secession of southern states from the nation

In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?

• a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory
• issues arising over the boundaries of Texas
• the discovery of gold in California
• the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast

The Northwest Ordinance is considered a historical milestone because it —

• more than doubled the size of the United States
• established a method for admitting new states to the Union
• encouraged state legislatures to ratify the Constitution
• proposed treaties with American Indians to allow the peaceful settlement of new territories

The name given to the group of pioneers who went to California during the Gold Rush

• Forty Niners

• Gold diggers

• Golden Arches

• Seventy Sixers

A religious group that went west to Utah to practice their religion freely

• Protestants

• Catholics

• Mormons

• Methodists

Occurred because of Manifest Destiny and the Annexation of Texas. the United States wins the war and pays Mexico $15 million for the Mexican Cession.

• U.S. - Mexican War

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

• War of 1812

Document that ended the U.S. - Mexican War. (1848)

• Treaty of Paris

• Oregon Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Adams - Onis Treaty

As a result of the Oregon Treaty, the United States achieved its goal of —

• expanding westward to the Pacific Ocean

• acquiring land for a southwestern railroad

• reserving western territory for American Indians

• securing the southern border of the country

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.