Manifest Destiny

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

Texans fought for independence against what country?

• United States
• Mexico
• France
• Great Britain

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

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 

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

• Immigrant

• Emigrant

• Native American

• Pioneer

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

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

The economies of the new western states were very different from those of the northeastern states in the mid 1800s. One major difference was that western states

• relied on subsistence farming

• used natural harbors for shipping

• focused on mining and agriculture

• traded freely with other nations

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the -

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• U.S. Mexican War

• Civil War

Who was president during the Mexican-American War

• Zachary Taylor

• James K. Polk

• William H. Harrison

• John Tyler