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Manifest Destiny

Authored by Gary Ford

History

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Texans fought for independence against what country?

United States
Mexico
France
Great Britain

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Results of the U.S. Mexican War
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United  States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present­ day states.

Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?

Treaty of Paris
Adams-Onis Treaty
Treaty of Jefferson
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What caused the huge population expansion in California between 1848 and  1852

Gold was  found 

Spain offered free land to settlers

War with Native-Americans 
farmers moved there to grow their crops 

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the term for someone who moves out of a country?

Immigrant

Emigrant

Native American

Pioneer

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which reason did the U.S. give for declaring war against Mexico in 1846?

The corrupt Mexican government

Mexican soldiers fired on U.S. soldiers on U.S. soil

To end a Mexican slave rebellion

Mexican pirates had boarded U.S. paddleboats

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