Manifest Destiny and The US/Mexican War

Manifest Destiny and The US/Mexican War

6th - 7th Grade

18 Qs

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Manifest Destiny and The US/Mexican War

Manifest Destiny and The US/Mexican War

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6th - 7th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

In what year did the U.S. annex Texas?

1848

1845

1846

1836

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 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 

 Great Awakening 

 Monroe Doctrine 

Louisiana Purchase

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Who did the Americans believed gave them the right to settle the entire continent taking land from Mexico and Native Americans?

God

James K. Polk

Andrew Jackson

Chief Joseph

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Why did the United States want Texas?

To expand slavery

Because it would be a very big state

For the oil

To keep it from Mexico

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The war ended with 2 sides signing a treaty which took away half of Mexico's land. What was the name of the treaty?

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Treaty of Nantes

Treaty of Paris

Olive Branch Petition

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The war with Mexico BEGAN with

California's rebellion

the Battle of Buena Vista

a border dispute in Texas

a US invasion of Mexico City

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The purchase of Louisiana

was a costly mistake

doubled the size of the United States and gave control of the Mississippi River

was opposed by western farmers

led to war with Great Britain

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