Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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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

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False. The real reason the US offered to buy California was that gold was found there.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

               What convinced the US to accept Texas as a state?

       

            

a. Texas sent President Polk a lovely gift basket          

b. Texas threatened to ally with Great Britain         

c. Mexico said the US didn’t have the guts to take Texas

  d. The US needed Texas to help win the war with Mexico

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What man won the presidential election based on his promise of completing manifest destiny?

                                                

a. Pope      

b. Clay         

c. Jackson  

d. Polk

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the US want to buy California from Mexico?

The United States government offered to buy  California from Mexico.

The US Army wanted to use California as a staging ground for an invasion of Mexico

Some officials were eager to gain control of the ports at San Francisco and San Diego.

Many Americans believed they had the right to spread their culture across the continent

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False. Mexico was not attempting to reclaim all of Texas, only the land below its original boundary

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The US claimed that Texas’ southern border was the ______________________ river, and Mexico claimed Texas’ border was at the ____________________ River.

Nueces and Rio Grande

New Aces and Oro Grande

Cohansey and Maurice

Yangtze and Ho

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