Manifest Destiny quiz period 3

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

What act allowed the national government to require Native Americans to give up their land?

• Indian Removal Act
• Civilization Act 
• Manifest Destiny Act
• Indian Territory Act

How many people took the Oregon Trail?

• 50,000 - 100,000

• 300,000 - 400,000

• 500,000 - 1,000,000

• 5,000,000+

Who did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase from?

• Spain
• France
• Great Britain
• Mexico

What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846 have in common?

• They all brought about a war with Spain.
• They all increased the territory of the United States.
• They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States.
• They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico. 

What territorial acquisition doubled the size of the United States?

• Florida Cession
• Mexican Cession
• Louisiana Purchase
• Oregon Treaty

What year was the Louisiana Purchase?

• 1763
• 1803
• 1846
• 1776

What territory first allowed the United States to reach the Pacific Ocean?

• Texas Annexation
• Oregon Treay
• Louisiana Purchase
• Gadsden Purchase

How did we acquire area 4?

• Negotiation with Britain
• Conquest
• Florida Cession
• Mexican Cession

President Jackson refused to annex Texas at first because doing so would have

• upset the balance between free and slave states.
• admitted to the British that western expansion had ended.
• gone against the wishes of Congress.